What is a flue collar?
What is a flue collar?
Flue collars are essential parts of your heating appliance. It connects your vent piping to your chimney, allowing the smoke a place to escape. If your flue collar needs replaced or you need one to start with, this six inch diameter collar fits several models.
Where is the collar located on a flue piping assembly?
The flue collar is located near the top of the fireplace, but typically behind the baffle and above the firebox. The flue collar is where the wood burning stove meets the stove pipe, which provides a passageway for waste gases from the fire to safely leave your home.
What is a flue collar for a furnace?
The flue collar is a small but essential part of a heating appliance. Usually associated with heaters and stoves, the flue collar is the metal ring or opening where the vent piping attaches to the chimney.
What is a stove collar?
The SiS Flue Debris Trim Collar is made from stainless Steel. It has been designed to seal where there is a gap between the stove pipe and register plate allowing dust and debris to fall onto the stove. The collar can be retrofitted meaning there is no need to disconnect the stove in order to fit it.
What does a flue spigot do?
The flue spigot or flue collar connects the stove to the fluepipe which in turn enters the chimney. Over time, the inside of the flue spigot tends to build up with tar and soot deposits.
How do you stop a downdraft in a wood stove?
Reverse the downdraft by increasing the air pressure in the room with the wood stove. Open a window before you light the fire. Turn off appliances with fans that draw air out of the house, including the clothes dryer, kitchen range hood and bathroom fans.
Can you seal a flue with silicone?
Sealing the Flue Opening There are few options that will allow you to easily seal off your flue: a silicone rubber seal or inflatable sealer. Both are efficient at sealing off the flue, even more so than traditional dampers, and are relatively inexpensive.