Around the pipe for a woodburning stove.
Insulation around wood stove pipe.
I have a fireplace insert in my basement.
The pipe comes out of the wall into the garage and up to the roof.
The only insulation that should be touching that flue pipe is something that s rated for high temperatures like mineral wool and even then only in accordance to the manufacturer s instructions.
Fireplaces emit a comforting glow during cold winter nights but if they are poorly designed they may take more heat out of your house than they put into it.
I was thinking of doing some better framing around it and maybe use rigid foam insulation but i read that building code requires a 2 gap around.
Voids in a chimney flue liner to the full height of the flue is to use vermiculite chips can be bought for insulation purposes or as soil treatment check around for.
Compress the insulation around the rigid liner by hand until the two edges snap and lock together.
At the top i have a plate covering the flue with a cap on top.
Air traveling over the surface of the flue pipe may be required to keep it safe and cool.
The fb grand manually specifically says to do this.
Fiberglass insulation normally comes in the form of batts or blankets.
You worry for good reason.
Wood burning stoves.
Rigid insulation increases the outside diameter of the liner pipe by 1 75.
I have added a picture.
These are strips of the material that are cut to length for installation by being stapled to the ceiling of a basement or the floor of an attic and by being affixed around fittings such as pipe work and chimneys.
The area around the pipe will be an air heat leak i guess.
The stove sits in front of the fireplace and the piping runs through the damper plate opening and up the length of the chimney about 20 feet.
Piffin aug 06 2007 12 56am 3 look again at the parts a ceiling support has the cieling trim but also a shield that is a larger diameter than the pipe and stands 6 8 up into the insulation space of a typical flat cieling.
If the point where your chimney passes through your wall or roof is badly insulated there is a lot of heat passing through that area and into the outdoors.
Available in 24 lengths.
Fire bug yes just in the damper area.
You should never have insulation in contact with a wood stove flue pipe.
Sprayed polyurethane foam will start to burn at about 650 degrees fahrenheit which is within the range of a wood stove s chimney temperature.
This is why they sell special insulation for wood liners.
Most code jurisdictions require the stove pipe be routed through a thimble to provide a safe distance from combustible materials.
I want to insulate in the void above the woodburner so it will be about 2m above the actual fire.
