The flue pipe from the stove to the chimney must be as short as possible to avoid cooling down the smoke. If the smoke does not have the right temperature, it may cause poor draft conditions and smoke inconveniences. Only one elbow ought to be connected to the stove as the smoke will face too much resistance. We have not been able to measure any difference in the draft conditions between a stove fitted with a top flue exit instead of a rear flue exit.

Prefab chimneys do not have to be replaced if maintained properly. Clean your chimney regularly. The DuraVent Line we carry is warranted for 25 years. Look here: http://www.FireLogs.com/DuraVentChimney.htm. A blower is very easy to add if the firebox was wired when the unit was installed. If you do not know, remove the bottom grill and look for a plug (a normal wall outlet type but with only one plug). If there, plug something in to be sure to is "live".

According to current building regulations, a flue outlet must be located a minimum of 1.6 meters from a door or window. For a stove you have the option of either going up an existing chimney with flexible flue liner, or making a hole in the wall and erecting a 'low-level outlet' flue here. It's important to keep in mind the proximity to a window or door of the top of this outlet, because of the current building regulations.

Certainly. We have many gas fires on this site that do not require a conventional chimney or flue. Look out for the gas fires that use balanced flues, fan flues and also flueless fires.

Venting for stoves must be consistent all the way up and be UL listed for the stove you are installing. The best advise we can give is to call us to find out for sure. We can help you determine if your existing chimney would be compatible with the units you are considering. Call us at 1-800-123-4567 Monday through Friday between 9:00 am and 5:30 PM Pacific time. We are happy to help.

No. Since the pellets are so efficient, the stoves do not need a chimney. All you need to do is vent them outdoors with a 4” pipe through an outside wall. So, choose the room you congregate in, place the stove in that room, and enjoy the ease and warmth of pellet heat! You’ll also enjoy watching the flames—and the fact that there is very little ash to clean.

No, this unit will not exhaust properly vented into a chimney. It must have its own three or four inch pell vent piping throughout its entire installation.

A single wall black or close clearance double wall black to the point you would break surface of a wall or ceiling. Then you must continue with a 2100 degree chimney pipe to the point where you would be 2-foot above the peak or ten feet away from the roof line.

This depends on soil conditions, length and depth of pipe, and equipment required. A typical installation can be completed in one or two days.

A flue is the passageway inside your chimney that conveys the gases out of the home and into the atmosphere.

Yes. Professional chimney sweeps tell us that chimneys should be clean when the creosote has built up to 1/8" to 1/4". This will help prevent chimney fires. REMEMBER: The fireplace or wood stove is not an incinerator. Do not burn trash or large amounts of paper (especially gift-wrap). The tempertatures this can produce can damage your fireplace or chimney.

Yes, as long as the height difference between the two installations is at least 25 cm. You are allowed to install two stoves to the same chimney if the height difference is min. 25 cm. However, do never install a stove to a chimney where a gas furnace already is installed. Use separate flue pipe stacks for each appliance.

With Regency, your options are several. First, you can install a rear vent direct vent stove, which vents directly out the back with no vertical pipe whatsoever. If this is not possible, you can minimize the amount of visible pipe with either the 2-foot or 4-foot AstroCap horizontal termination kits for DV stoves. These kits use the minimum required height for our stoves, and then turn 90 degrees to go out your wall instead of up through the ceiling.

A high-density polyethylene pipe is used in a closed loop system and has a 50-year warranty. Independent tests show a useful life span of over 200 years.

Yes, this could be a sign of the unit not performing correctly. We should come and service the unit at your earliest convenience.

This depends a little on what level of inspection you want (see question #2), but most visits take 45 and 90 minutes.

An individual piece of pipe is called a "joint." Pipe joints for this project will be ordered in either "double random" or "triple random" lengths. The requirements for double random lengths are: the individual joints are between 14 feet and 45 feet long with the average of the entire pipe order being 35 feet per joint. The triple random length requirements are: the individual joints are between 21 feet and 65 feet long with the average of the entire order being 52.

A tour of Winsor Castle takes about a half hour. Allow a half hour to an hour to browse the cultural museum. A hike on the beautiful Rim Trail will add another 30 minutes to your visit.

We have two-men crews that will spend approximately 45-60-minutes sweeping a masonry fireplace or woodstove chimney. A prefabricated fireplace chimney will take slightly less time, and a walk-in fireplace can take 2-3-hours. Return to top of Q & A Page