Installing Chimney Liner For Wood Stove

A thick tarry smoke rises from every fire you burn and without a liner it will stick to the walls of your chimney and create a fire hazard.

Installing chimney liner for wood stove.

Please remember these liners are sold in 5 increments 15 20 25 so for instance an 18 chimney will need a 20 liner. Whether you are installing a new chimney or adapting an existing chimney to your wood stove close attention to chimney height flue size and location should be considered. Wood stove chimney inside vs. Proceed to lower the liner down the chimney until you reach the thimble.

Chimney liners are a necessity if you own a home with a wood or gas or pellet or corn burning fireplace. The thimble is referred to as the hole on the side of the chimney in the living space that allows stove pipe to attach to the chimney. This is a metal pipe that attaches to the pellet stove at one end typically with a pellet stove pipe chimney adapter and extends all the way through the chimney and above the roof at a suitable clearance. Keystone and palladian stoves have 7 flue collars and are approved for the use of 7 or 6 vent pipe.

A flexible chimney liner or flexi or liner is a flexible stainless steel tube that is connected to the top of the pipe protruding from your wood burning stove and at the other end within the chimney pot. As the catalytic combustor. A liner going to an insert or stove in the fireplace will be measured from the top of the chimney to the top of the insert or stove or the center of the hole on the back of the stove. Installing a pellet stove pipe in an existing chimney requires a chimney liner.

You can also visit our faq page for frequently asked questions and our chimney liner blog with helpful articles. However the physical act of sliding the liner down the chimney is the same so worth a read for anybody installing a gas liner. Twisting the flexible liner will help you install the liner if you are getting caught or hung up on the chimney walls. The resources on this page are designed to assist you step by step in achieving your goal of a professional quality chimney liner kit installation.