OT-stove pipe question

6U684 · Aug 16, 2008

Years ago, I saw a picture taken in a French farmhouse showing an ordinary stove pipe from a stove, going into a tee, branching both ways into two vertical stove pipes, then back into a tee to resume upward again in one pipe. I suppose it was to get more heat out of the smoke flow. I realize that one can't cool the smoke too much or it won't go up. Has anyone tried this? Thanks, Leonard

Walt Davies · Aug 16, 2008

When I was kid there was a general store in a small town near us that had a big contraption above the stove to capture all of the heat from the chimney. You could put your hand on the pipe about a foot out of the stove and it was only warm.
Walt

old · Aug 16, 2008

They sell a thing that goes in the pipe and has a fan on it that works well and would gain more then what you could by doing that

buickanddeere · Aug 16, 2008

If the stack gases get too cool at best the draft will be poor and water will drip from the pipes.
Most of the time the pipes will crud up with creosote and drip tar if too cold.

noncompos · Aug 16, 2008

Having been in years past an old-paper collector, (magazizes, manuals, anything that was cheap) I"ve seen that same thing advertised here (in the US) along with many others("heat robbers") all designed to recapture some of the heat going up the stack.
As already mentioned, you had to keep in mind soot and creosote buildup.

oliver power · Aug 17, 2008

Years ago , my uncle did the exact same thing as you describe. The pipe left the stove , went through the ceiling , into the bedroom , then the big square , then into the chimney. His house is an old farm house , up on a windy hill. Not much insulation back then. The stove always ran hot. We never had a problem. In todays world of air tight stoves , I'd keep watch of any obstruction in the pipe.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 17, 2008

They had this set up on a stove on the old tv western show GUNSMOKE. I think it was in the sheriffs office.

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