How to Install a Flue Pipe for a Wood-Burning Stove

Wood-burning stoves are cozy additions to any home in the winter, but in order to operate safely they must have vents to release smoke and combustion debris outside. The best way to do this is with the installation of a flue pipe. 

Supplies

• Flue elbows


• Screw gun


• Screws


• Tin snips


• Stove Pipe

1. Obtain the measurements from the wood-burning stove's flue collar to the collar on the chimney. If the flue pipe from the stove is farther than 10 feet from the chimney, the pipe should be divided into sections.


2. Purchase enough sections of stove pipe from a local home-improvement store to complete the job. Stove pipe is available in five-foot sections.


3. Position the stove and pipe so it has 18-inches of clearance from any combustible materials, including walls and furniture. If the space for the stove is small, consider using a high-heat double insulated pipe.


4. Put in any pipe bends or elbows first.


5. Use the screws and screw gun to secure the first piece of pipe to the stove's flue collar. Place three screws around the pipe at different intervals for each pipe piece added.


6. Put the ribbed end of the straight pipe into the stove collar or the pipe elbow. Attach the remainder to reach the chimney collar. Install the pipes straight for better ventilation and draft.


7. Trim the final piece of flue pipe if needed, and connect it to the chimney collar. Secure it to the chimney with the screw gun.