Several years ago I had my chimney relined. It's an old brick chimney in rough shape, so we had a Ventinox lining system installed. Basically it's metal pipe with a hardened insulating cement-like material that surrounds it and strengthens the chimney. We had this work done years ago during the renovation, and it's not until now that we're actually getting ready to use it.
The thimble is just a T off the metal pipe (6"), and it's flush with the face of the chimney. I went to dry fit some stove pipe and noticed that the thimble is out of round. So when I slip the stove pipe into it, there's a decent gap on one side (about .25" to .5"). I can't reshape the thimble because it's surrounded by that cement-like insulation.
Am I doing this correctly? The stove pipe is supposed to slip inside this thimble, right? It's also really difficult to make the 6" stove pipe fit in. I've got the kind of pipe that is open until you close it up with the interlocking seam.
Thanks in advice for whatever help you can offer
The thimble is just a T off the metal pipe (6"), and it's flush with the face of the chimney. I went to dry fit some stove pipe and noticed that the thimble is out of round. So when I slip the stove pipe into it, there's a decent gap on one side (about .25" to .5"). I can't reshape the thimble because it's surrounded by that cement-like insulation.
Am I doing this correctly? The stove pipe is supposed to slip inside this thimble, right? It's also really difficult to make the 6" stove pipe fit in. I've got the kind of pipe that is open until you close it up with the interlocking seam.
Thanks in advice for whatever help you can offer