Best place to buy stove and chimney pipe and ???

Would appreciate some input from you guys on where's the best deal to purchase stove and chimney pipe and for a thru the wall installation what is better for the outside piping ,double or triple wall pipe ?

Lowes has a pretty good selection of stove pipe and they also sell a thru the wall kit.

Yeah,
I called them today and they sell Selkirk supervent. The woman was a little confused so I guess I'll pay a visit there tomorrow.

Yup, get that alot at the auto parts stores too!

My advice would be stay far far away from Home Depot / Lowes & buy some good 316 stainless pipe online.

Here is my pipe that I bought @ Home Depot after 1 season of burning coal & 6 months in a damp basement:

After that, I bought some Heat-Fab 304 stainless chimney liner as my stove pipe:

That even ended up with some small pinholes from corrosion. If I were to do it again, I'd spend the extra $$$ for the 316.

Jack Magnum wrote:...what is better for the outside piping ,double or triple wall pipe ?

The number of walls dictates your clearance to combustibles: If nothing is within 18" of the pipe, use single wall. Double wall ( if I remember correctly ) needs only 2"-3" clearance, & triple I would guess would be even closer.

For going through a wall, I would get as many walls as they make! Not that a coal fire gets that hot, but you have to think worst-case scenario -- like if the wife doesn't remember to close the ash door on the stove & runs out shopping....

One thing I forgot to mention about using chimney liner -- sometimes the elbows don't fit as nicely as the black stovepipe. You have to be patient & aggressive with putting them together. Mine was a royal pain in the ass. Once I got it together, I left it together -- even to clean. Saves many headaches

I purchased a complete supervent chimney at a garage sale. It was purchased new at Lowes and never installed. (The price was right $250) and I had one 3ft section left over that I returned to Lowes for store credit ($65). I only have 1 winters burn time on it and it looks great but I can not vouch for how long it will last. Talk to me in 10 years or so and I will have a better idea of the life of a supervent chimney burning coal.

Well,
I bought my complete manufactured chimney at Lowes BEFORE I read the post and seen the pictures of 304 s.s. . I got the thru the wall kit and my chimney pipes and through the tee pipe and my adjustable roof anchor bracket for around 715.00 . I thought that was pretty cheap.I bought Selkirk supervent made in Canada with a lifetime warranty. Just have to see what happens.
Jack

I used 22 ga. Heat fab black stove pipe last season with no corrosion issues at all, even the paint is still intact.

I can't say the same for the galvanized pipe on my oil boiler, I took it down the other day to clean it and half of it crumbled in my hands.

Galvanized pipe comes in 2 gauges.30 and 24.24 is for smoke pipe,30 is for ductwork.Some people use 30 ga. as smoke pipe(I've even seen some contractors do it).Even on oil 30 ga. will only last 1 or 2 seasons.DON'T USE 30 GA.FOR SMOKE PIPE.
DON

markviii wrote:I used 22 ga. Heat fab black stove pipe last season with no corrosion issues at all, even the paint is still intact.

I can't say the same for the galvanized pipe on my oil boiler, I took it down the other day to clean it and half of it crumbled in my hands.

where did you get your heat fab pipe
DON

I bought my complete manufactured chimney at Lowes BEFORE I read the post and seen the pictures of 304 s.s.

What pictures of 304 S.S.?

BIG BEAM wrote:where did you get your heat fab pipe
DON

I bought mine at my local stove shop, but you can order it online if no one local stocks it. Here is one place that sells it: http://www.ventingpipe.com/category.cfm?categoryID=157

Thanks markvlll

DON

It is my understanding that galvanized "stove" pipe is not for use with solid fuel appliances. It is primary for air flow situations. It can be used to vent oil and gas burners. Black stove pipe is the appropriate economy choice for solid fuel venting inside the building while insulated or multi-wall pipe is the economy choice for outside the building. The quality choices for solid fuel appliances are: stainless steel pipe from the appliance to the chimney and, a clay lined masonry chimney, preferably one that runs through the home's interior rather than on the side of the home. Budgets, availability and situtations ultimately guide the user. There is no one right way to do it.

The problem with galvanized pipe is two fold. The first problem is that at high temperatures as experienced in wood burning, the high temps cause a noxious outgassing from the zinc. The second problem is that with coal burning, the high sulphur content in the effluent causes sulphides to react easily and rapidly with the zinc, corroding the galvanized pipe more quickly than steel pipe.

markviii wrote:I used 22 ga. Heat fab black stove pipe last season with no corrosion issues at all, even the paint is still intact.

I can't say the same for the galvanized pipe on my oil boiler, I took it down the other day to clean it and half of it crumbled in my hands.

Question: i am replacing that cheap "Big box" store stove pipe with some of this Heat-Fab 22 ga. pipe, it reads that the female end is expanded so the male end is full diameter. Will this work with my Field controls baro damper ?

The best place to buy this stuff is a commercial heating supply house (where the contractors go). Quality products at a reasonable price.