How to Retrofit Chimney Flues for Wood Stove
Clean your chimney regularly and make repairs to eliminate the dangers of fires and the occurrence of smoke in the house. Installing a chimney flue helps in making the process easier and safer in the long run. Where you want to put up a wood stove where the fireplace is, one thing you need to consider is how to connect it with the chimney flue.
Things you will need:
- A tape measure
- A hammer
- A screw driver
- A heat resistant silicone sealant
- Tin shears
- Galvanized metal
- One and a half inch nails
- Take out the fireplace damper by lifting it out after removing the cotter pin and put it in a place where you can replace it if you decide to get rid of the wood stove in the future. Place the stovepipe correctly in the chimney.
- Use the measuring tape to acquire the size of the opening and cut the sheet metal into a size that will fit over the opening.
- Make flanges on each side by bending the sides of the pan made from bending the metal sheet using a tin shears at a 60 degree angle.
- Use the hammer and the screwdriver and the tin shears, make a hole whose dimensions are slightly larger than the dimensions of the stovepipe in the central area of the sheet.
- Place the metal pan accurately inside the chimney and in the region of the stovepipe. Using the masonry nails, secure the side panels made from the sheet metal to the joints by driving them through using the hammer.
- Use the heat resistant silicon caulk to close up the metal pipe to the stovepipe, including the region around the pan’s edges where it combines with the masonry.
- Wear safety goggles, protective gloves and a dust mask while performing this work because the inside of a chimney is dirty and may contain toxic gases.