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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: fireboss on September 23, 2011, 08:18:00 PM

Title: chimney
Post by: fireboss on September 23, 2011, 08:18:00 PM

just added 2 more sections of pipe total 0f 4 to my cb6048 how do i putt a bucket or cap it when not burning

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Post by: Bull on September 24, 2011, 05:05:15 AM

Either a ladder or a long stick

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Post by: fireboss on September 24, 2011, 06:24:54 AM

nothing to put ladder against, your talking 20'. maybe i could take a 1/2 inch pipe of pvc 20' long and try to put a bucket up. dont think it wiil be easy

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Post by: Ridgekid on September 24, 2011, 06:27:57 AM

Why not just put a chimney cap on it? OR

When it's time to clean the pipe in the spring you'll have to take part of the pipe down, put a bucket on it then.

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Post by: mikenc on September 24, 2011, 09:11:46 AM

Have ss  rain cap on mine, bucket not needed.

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Post by: fireboss on September 24, 2011, 11:00:04 AM

is there a differance in a chimny cap and a spark  arester

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Post by: RSI on September 24, 2011, 12:00:59 PM

I think the only difference is the arestor has a screen in it.

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Post by: Ridgekid on September 24, 2011, 01:11:03 PM

Yes.

Dealer removed my screen (after asking me) and I agreed after seeing what my house chimney looked like with a screen.

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Post by: fireboss on September 24, 2011, 01:51:42 PM

thats what i thought to, now iam wondering if the cap will keep the smoke hanging around . thats why  i went up 8 moore feet

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Post by: mikenc on September 25, 2011, 08:12:12 AM

Quote from: fireboss on September 24, 2011, 01:51:42 PM

thats what i thought to, now iam wondering if the cap will keep the smoke hanging around . thats why  i went up 8 moore feet

Had screen in mine for a while stops up to easy with screen. As far as smoke can,t tell differance with or without. Smoke seems to have a mind of its own and goes where it wants. lol.

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Post by: Scott7m on September 25, 2011, 08:36:04 AM

the smoke wont stick around longer with a cap, makes no difference whatsoever

as far as the screen getting clogged, yes they can.  but opening the door once every couple weeks and getting a good chimney fire takes care of that pretty fast.. 

if you didnt use some really insulated stove pipe you wont need to worry about your cap clogging up, the pipe will. 

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Post by: fireboss on September 25, 2011, 04:43:20 PM

i have triple wall pipe that i got from the dealer

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Post by: willieG on September 25, 2011, 06:20:46 PM

i used 12 feet of schedule 40  8 inch pipe with 1200 degree insulation on it...leave the door open once a week for a fe minutes and burn er clean.

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Post by: MattyNH on September 25, 2011, 06:44:42 PM

Off season I use a sheet rock mud bucket..get off a const.job sight..My stack is about 25 feet up from the ground. I stand on the roof of the furnace and use a 16 foot pole..easily reach the top of the stack to put the bucket on

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Post by: Bull on September 25, 2011, 07:05:01 PM

Would it be easier to stick the bucket inside the stove under the stack?

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Post by: MattyNH on September 25, 2011, 07:20:48 PM

Yeah def would be easier..but do u want that bucket with water in your fire box?..what I do is literally 2 secs..no worries of birds or other animals makin a nest in your stack during off season