Double Wall Stove Pipe Clearance

Dvl s double wall air insulated design reduces clearances to combustibles from 18 in.

Double wall stove pipe clearance. Double wall stove pipe on the other hand requires only 8 inches of clearance from the ceiling and 6 inches from a wall. To 6 in the closest clearance to a wall of any connector pipe. 2 inch double wall insulated pipe needs 2 inch clearance going through floors or walls a through wall kit is suggested for wett and only fire rated insulation is allowed to be in that gap all black pipe needs to be attached to each other with three self tapping screws including pipe to firebox. Double wall black stove pipes the clearance to combustible materials for double wall stove pipe such as standard drywall or wood is 6 to walls and 8 to ceilings.

Once these clearances are met you must convert your stove pipe to class a chimney pipe for proper venting of your stove. Double walled or close clearance stove pipe is used to connect your stove to the chimney. And improves stove performance by maintaining high flue gas temperatures for a strong steady draft. Less creosote accumulation is another positive feature due to the heat retention of double wall stovepipe.

Clearance to non combustible materials is 0 but pipes should not actually touch cement bricks or other non combustibles. Dvl pipe has a double wall interior and is a close clearance stovepipe designed especially for connecting woodstoves to the chimney. This system is ulc s641 certified. This pipe has a clearance of only 6 to combustible materials and keeps flue gases warm for better draft.

Double wall stovepipe is used when you don t have 18 or more clearance from combustibles. Double wall stove pipe can reduce the clearance needed to combustibles in many situations and typically has a stainless steel inner wall that will provide a much loger time of service that a typical single wall setup. Most of the double wall stove pipe allows for 6 clearance from wall combustibles and 8 from ceiling combustibles. Dvl s double wall air insulated design reduces clearances to combustibles from 18 in.

Using a heat shield on a single wall stovepipe allows you to reduce the clearances from 18 to 6 to the wall and 9 to the ceiling.