Never Corrodes Home-Built Chimney

Never Corrodes Home-Built Chimney FARM HOME Houses 17-3-13 "We think it's far safer than the stainless steel chimneys on the market for wood-burning stoves," says Albert Smith, Wykoff, Minn., who made his own chimney which he says shows "no sign of wear after 10 years of use". Smith's original chimney was brick but he had a lot of creosote build-up and had to keep rebuilding or re-tuckpointing it. Finally, he decided to make his own chimney out of heavy-walled (3/16-in. thick) 8-in. dia. steel pipe. "It was much cheaper than a commercial chimney and has virtually no creosote build-up even after 10 years of heavy use. I bought the pipe from a steel supplier," says Smith. He surrounded the pipe with 6 in. of fiberglass insulation - to prevent condensation inside the pipe - and covered that with valley tin. "It's ugly but it was cheap and we've never had to clean it. Makes for no-worry wood burning," says Smith. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Albert Smith, Rt. 1, Box 141, Wykoff, Minn. 55990 (ph 507 362-5863).

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