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Upside down flue pipe?
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[#1] Posted: 12/06/2011 - 12:50:03 PM		Reply with Quote
I know it's hard to see, but is this sectioned liner in upside down? You can see the end ridges on the connection pipe, right?

I'm talking about the "background" connection, not the one the camera focused on.



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 [#2] Posted: 12/06/2011 - 1:08:45 PM		Reply with Quote
It's OK. The joints are imbricated to direct creosote back to the firebox.
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 [#4] Posted: 12/07/2011 - 2:11:46 PM		Reply with Quote
Imbricating a wood stove or fireplace flue in the wrong direction allows creosote to flow out onto the exterior of the pipe and down on top of the fire box.

A bad thing!



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On the other hand, imbrication of furnaces and water heaters is in the opposite direction.
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 [#5] Posted: 12/07/2011 - 11:07:41 PM		Reply with Quote
Quote: Originally posted by Erby

. . . On the other hand, imbrication of furnaces and water heaters is in the opposite direction.


Not really. In a B-vent, the upper liner sleeves inside the lower, just like on a woodstove. If you're using single-wall vent pipe, you should be sleeving it the same way, but few do. The result is condensation that runs outside the joints.


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 [#6] Posted: 12/16/2011 - 7:28:52 PM		Reply with Quote
That is OK. I agree with Chad Fabry.
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 [#7] Posted: 12/17/2011 - 03:30:37 AM		Reply with Quote
Quote: Originally posted by winecabinet1

That is OK. I agree with Chad Fabry.


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