How do you cap a flue pipe?
How do you cap a flue pipe?
Slide the cap over the top of the flue.
- Typically, your cap will have a rim around the bottom so you don’t place it too low on the flue.
- Some circular chimney caps fit inside of the flue rather than around the outside. Push the cap inside of the flue until it feels tight against the sides.
What happens if you don’t have a chimney cap?
Although a chimney will function without a chimney cap, it’s best to have one. Without a chimney cap, rain, snow, or other detritus can enter your chimney unhampered, causing damage to your house. It also keeps embers from escaping the chimney, preventing roof fires.
What do you put around a flue pipe?
Sealing Flues: Techniques
- Furnaces and water heaters: should have pipes made of galvanized metal and sealed with aluminum flashing and high-temperature silicon caulking.
- Chimney: should have pipes made from masonry or metal and in similar fashion, be sealed with aluminum flashing and high-temperature silicon caulking.
How do you seal a stove flue?
For the first joint adjacent to the stove you should fill the gap with thermal rope and then cover with black fire cement, from a cartridge is the most convenient way to do this. Any other joints should be sealed with VITCAS Heat Resistant Silicone.
Should you cap an unused chimney?
Unused chimneys not only waste a lot of heat, they also pose a potential damp problem as well as being a cause of smoking fireplaces and stoves. You should cap any unused chimneys with a flue ventilator.
Should unused chimneys be capped?
What should I use for a chimney cap?
If you’re on a budget, you may be tempted to go for a galvanized chimney cap. But these caps won’t work with gas logs and can rust out and damage your chimney and siding over time. Stainless steel and copper caps are more expensive, but they look better and require less maintenance.