Quote: Originally posted by County4x4 on 25/8/2010
Just a thought, as I'm not able to see the flue in the pictures - is it properly made and installed? I do know that someone on ebay was selling bends and so on he'd fabricated himself but he'd put the wrong ends on them. The parts should have a female end on the top (or furthest from the stove) and a male end on the other, to ensure that any condensation or tar runs down the inside of the flue rather than coming out of the joints. It should end up inside the stove and not on the floor.
In a normal stove installation these joints would also be sealed with fire cement, but I guess this isn't an option if you need to dismantle the flue completely for transport to site. Checking the elbow has the right ends on would be a start though - and if you can squeeze a bit of fire rope into the joint as well that may help further.
Cheers,
Andy
They were both purchased from K & P (i'm sure they make belltent.co.uk ones as well) Haven't got mine yet, but they are all male/female on all the flue pipes and they do supply the locking bands, flashing kit, stove tray and back, witches hat etc
As you say they have to be dismantled for transport so the join is never going to be 100%, but they are sold for this purpose
Tina (who also bought the same stove) mentioned yes there is condensation in the pipe when you dismantle, but it doesn't drip
I have just uploaded a pic of the flue to the Tent Review bit (I couldn't make it load here). It leaks from the bottom part of the elbow. The flue was rigged up according to the instructions, and it still leaks. I must point out that the wood we burned was green and sappy, and as it wasn't overly warm at nght, I'm not surprised it condensated. The reason there is a dogfood can twixt the cowl and flue is because I was sent the wrong cowl. I was able to bodge it with the can, and a new cowl is en route.
Is there a flue cover pipe (the outer sheath bit?) going through the wall or did it not come with one?
I did email K & P and ask about it leaking and he said the 2 locking bands on the elbow will prevent any leakage - he also said they have adapted the flue recently and made a few changes - and that the elbow will easily clear the side wall?
Still a bit hard to see without a real close up - but is the leak definitely coming from the area of the elbow, as opposed to running down the outside length of the vertical flue? Only asking as it looks from the pic as though there is discolouration coming down the elbow from the join where the elbow meets the vertical pipe. As the bottom of the vertical flue should have a male end going into a female joint on the elbow, there shouldn't really be anything getting out of there if the joints are the right way round.
Only other thing to say for now is do yourselves and your neighbors a favour and get yourself some decent firewood With decent wood and the stove air controls set correctly there should be little more than a heat haze coming out of your chimney! At the risk of blatant self promotion I'd say buy some of my briquettes - on a recent trip to Grizedale, our campfire was about the only one on the whole site that was not chucking clouds of smoke out - the rest of the place looked like a refugee camp with people struggling to get damp logs to burn. We just had flames and heat - much nicer to sit next to!
Val, I'm not sure that advertising your own products or services as such is allowed on here, though obviously there are plenty of links to other suppliers and so on, and unlike every other forum I belong to, there doesn't seem to be a facility to send you a private message!
So I'll just give you my website address, which is www.greenfires.co.ukwhere you'll find a link on the main menu that leads to my briquettes. You can contact me for any further information through my website if you wish!
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This is the Pipsqueak Stove with a sidewall flue. Easily heats a 4m Bell very quickly. Only problem is that it doesn't burn all night (although it's safe to go to sleep with it burning) as the logs won't burn that long (obviously!). You just need to have your fuel ready to rock in the morning so you can fire it up quickly.
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Topic: Bell tent with stove ?
With decent wood and the stove air controls set correctly there should be little more than a heat haze coming out of your chimney! At the risk of blatant self promotion I'd say buy some of my briquettes - on a recent trip to Grizedale, our campfire was about the only one on the whole site that was not chucking clouds of smoke out - the rest of the place looked like a refugee camp with people struggling to get damp logs to burn. We just had flames and heat - much nicer to sit next to!
