How To Install Stove Pipe Through Concrete Wall

Builders use many techniques to run pipe through concrete block walls but the easiest and most efficient way is to use a core drill.

How to install stove pipe through concrete wall.

Make a 3 inch thick wall made of bricks against any combustible wall to which you want to pass the stove pipe. Then attach the pipe to the stove and chimney pipe making sure it is rigid and tight. Take that number and multiply by 3 and use that to determine the stove pipe s clearance from the wall. Radiating heat from the stove can pose a hazard to nearby walls and furniture so wood stoves generally have a specified clearance a minimum safe distance between the stove and nearby floors and walls.

Your stove clearance can depend on where you live whether your residence s. Insert the horizontal section of pipe through the walls so the inner end is about three inches from the face of the inside wall. After trimming your pipe use black furnace cement to seal between each piece and three sheet metal screws at each joint. A true concrete hammer drill like a bosch sds type will drill through it like swiss cheese.

Step 4 install the stove pipe. Step 3 make a wall. Local code or your insurance may have an opinion but if it doesn t have any combustible material in the wall it should be doable for less than 450 to get through the wall. Install your stove pipe.

For example if the pipe s diameter is 8 inches then the clearance should be 24 inches. Observe your stove s clearance rating when picking a suitable spot. Wood stoves can get very very hot during use.