Installing Chimney Liner For Pellet Stove

Please remember these liners are sold in 5 increments 15 20 25 so for instance an 18 chimney will need a 20 liner.

Installing chimney liner for pellet stove.

Rock flex chimney liners are fabricated with the highest quality stainless steel ul 1777 tested and listed air and water tight and provide the best flexibility and strength to contain moisture and flue gases. Twisting the flexible liner will help you install the liner if you are getting caught or hung up on the chimney walls. The liner extends past the top of the chimney by at least a foot and is covered with a vent cap. When installing a chimney liner for a pellet stove there is one thing to remember.

This video shows the installation of a stove as well as the initial preparation testing and also re lining of an existing chimney using schiedel s tecnofle. 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. 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. Most pellet stoves have 3 inch vent sizes.

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. Proceed to lower the liner down the chimney until you reach the thimble. 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.

For wood pellet gas oil and coal burning appliances. If the chimney length is greater than 15 feet you should just up to a 4 inch chimney liner.