How to Snap a Flue Pipe Together
A Metal pipe used to eject smoke and noxious fumes out of the building to the atmosphere is flue pipe. It is used inside of the masonry chimney or in the chimney pipe, which leads from the furnace or stove. Before installing it, you need to connect the longitudinal snap lock Flue pipes have two primary parts, the foot and the body seam.
Tools Needed:
- High-temperature sealant
- Gloves
- Observe that the snap seam consists of two interlocking parts: the male side and the female side.
- Check whether the female side snap-lock seam is open or not. If the socket is close then insert a screw driver in the closed socket, apply some pressure and twist it slightly to open the closed socket
- Ensure the female side snap-lock seam socket should be open with narrow gap between the low flange and the bottom edge.
- Lay the flue pipe on the ground by facing the unconnected longitudinal snap seam up.
- Push both ends of the seam together.
- Check to see if the protrusion is on the male side of the lock seam. Resting on the low flange, apply pressure towards the ground on the female side of the seam.
- Apply the pressure over the working seam as you move downwards through the series of snaps indicating that male’s side lock-seam is fixed into position.
- Place your thumb on each side of the seam, and apply pressure upwards and downwards to work protrusion in the socket, in case if the seam does not fit into its position
- Listen for a loud snap originating from the snap-lock seam when you stand the flue pipe on the crimped end.
- Bounce the end of the pipe towards the ground to align the edges of the flue pipe.
- Make the seam air tightly by sealing it with high-temperature sealant.