Wood stove extras?

wouldn't it have been cheaper to buy a spool of the (fiberglass black rope?) gasket material? so you could cut your gaskets to the perfect size?... with less waste?

 

Thin wall stove pipe eventually burns/corrodes through and needs to be replaced periodically.

 

The better half and I are going to buy a heat-powered fan to set on top of our cook stove. I'd love to tear one of those little rascals apart to see how it works.

Anyone have any experience with them?

 

I always buy the heavy duty black pipe from tractor supply and spray paint it every spring with heat resistant black paint, first clean the inside real good, the pipe will last for yrs doing it this way.

 

McMasterr-carr had the fiberglass rope/door gasket very cheap. I use it for making 12v heaters. The info is on my blog if you're interested or need the links.

I have heated my last house with wood for four yrs before moving. As Flead stated keep it cleen and it can last a long time. I removed it and brushed out the inside every fall before putting the stove back into service. I'm still using the same pipe with my Tarm stove. If you want a spare one on hand buy it at the end of the season clearance blow out sales.

 

I need to get new pipe for our wood stove in the shop. I'm going to try your advise and clean and paint it at season's end. Seems like I am replacing it every year.

 

there are several grades of black stove pipe, the hardware store snap together stuff doesn't last very long, the better pre sized thick stuff lasts well, magnetic pipe temperature guages (from Lee Valley tools here) help keep the stack temp where it should be, Although people have been doing it for ages the intake air should not be used to slow the burn ,except in an emergency, Fire size is the bestway followed by a exhaust damper

 

Are you using woodstove rated black smoke pipe? It should hold up for several years. If you are using the correct pipe try a different manufacture. Don't use thinner hvac duct or smoke pipe(unless it's an emergency or temporary situation), it's not built for the heat from a wood stove.

 

Our new (one year old now) wood cookstove is an airtight with a mechanical thermostat. When it shuts the draft down, it smolders -- sometimes for hours and when the thermostat call for heat it is up and cookin' in minutes, and the fire will last all night. We absolutely love it.

We have to clean the chimney more often, but this new stove cut our wood consumption in half last winter compared to the old, cast iron cookstove we had for so many years.

So, tirediron, your point is well taken about keeping a low fire rather than a slow fire, but in some cases, such as banking a fire down for the night, a tight draft works best.

 

I'm in the process of installing a couple new wood stove inserts (they slide into an existing fireplace).
As part of the install, I'm going to run a 6" flue liner down to direct connect to the stove.
Can I sweep this flex-pipe liner in the same fashion as a regular chimney sweep or is it too flexible? It'll be inserted into an 8" rigid pipe.

 

not sure about sweeping it, but you could drop a shop vac hose down it.

 

They work awesome. Even if you pull one apart, you won't figure out how it works ... unless you understand the technology behind it all ...

All I know is - they are amazing to watch spin-up on the top of a wood stove and they will spin "forever" .. well, as long as there is a differential in temperatures ...

 

NK, thanks for the info. Fascinating! Is it ok to put them on a very hot stove surface?

 

I bought the one that sits on a wood-fire'd stove and it works amazing. The store also has one designed for lower-temperature GasFire'd stove which allows it to work at cooler temperatures. I imagine that the temperatures of the wood-stove are in the high 100's of degrees (900° or so) and the fan has shown no signs of slowing-down - even almost three years later.

 

The thermo couple fans are designed for stove top use, Ideal stack temperature is between 300 and 575 degrees F so stove top shoould be +/- 75 of that , the fan motor prolly doesn't see ever 200 deg. because of airflow.

 

Get you own brushes for sweeping. It only takes a few mins in the fall to be safe!

 

Those stove fans are very cool. Only problem is here they run about $120.
I think I will let the ceiling fan do its thing for a while longer, that $120 could be put to much better use!

 

If your stove is bricked lined, get several extra bricks. They are cheap! I tried the fan that mounts on the pipe...don't bother! If your Insurance guy see's it he will cancel your policy. They tend to create a cool spot in the pipe and crap builds up inside the pipe in this area. I use a simple box fan in the area of the stove to blow heat further into the house...

 

If you have a round chimney brush to fit your pipe, the kind with the loops or eyes on each end, and the pipe is vertical, you can melt lead and stick one end in the lead and let it harden, the weight of the lead will pull the brush down the pipe for you.

I used a piece of steel pipe, for the mold on the one I made, it made a twenty pound weight and it pulls the brush just fine.