Flue connections

[Denray]

Looking at this flue today it appears that the overlap is in the wrong direction to keep dripage from coming out?

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[gtblum]

Is that for a wood stove? If anything's dripping from that, they need to crank the fire and burn it out. It's fine

[Denray]

Thanks Gary.

Only one year old and it looks like they haven't been cranking the fire.

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[gtblum]

Now, hold on a minute!

That's a little different. That thing needs a cleaning. Tell them to not even think about using it before they do. And tell them to make sure they use seasoned wood. That looks like a product of wet wood, not knowing how to regulate the stove, laziness, or a combination of all of the above. I'm surprised there are no trails on the pipe from where it puked creosote.

I'm talking about normal everyday use. After a night of normal use, there's always some residual from smothering.

I always burn it hot when I stoke mine back up. A tiny chimney fire is a good thing, in my book.

That one's ready to give someone an education they won't forget.

[Erby]

You may want to check the manufacturer's instructions. Don't most flue pipes go together male up - female down?

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[Jim Katen]

It looks like a double-wall pipe. The inner section sleeves in the other direction. If that were single wall, you'd have seen all sorts of gunk dripping out from between the pipe sections.