Stove Pipe Dummy - Crimper required?

Long time no posting, but I just picked up a brand new Woodstock Fireview off FB. Guy never got around to installing it and is moving, so yay for me.

Except now I am cold, trying to install this damm thing.

I bought this tee: Error Page

Weird, HD won't load, it's this one: Durablack 6" Stove Pipe Tee with Clean-Out Cap Single-Wall Vent Fitting | eBay

I thought the "snout" or horizontal end was my male end, but it absolutely refuses to mate with a section of pipe. Flip that pipe around and insert the crimped male end, and it seems to be the perfect (expected) fit.

I need an (ideally) 8" section from snout to stove, so had to cut a 12" pipe. I could have boogered this, but it really seems like both the stove and tee would match well with a male crimped end.

Crimp the tee? Crimp the 8" female end? Buy a male/male section premade? Help please!

 

Mixing brands of pipe/fittings? That doesn't go too well sometimes.
That said, yeah I'd customize whatever needs it to get connected properly...that is, male end down/toward stove, and 3 screws each joint.

 

At Home Depot rent the crimping tool and crimp end you need or don’t rent it just use it in the aisle

I won’t say that’s what I did; but I know a guy

 

I dunno about HD, but I bought a crimper...$20ish IIRC.
Or take parts to a local heating n air or sheet metal shop to have them modify as needed.

 

Hi there wildwest, been lurking forever but hadn't actually logged in.

Thanks brenndatomu for the advice, I bought the crimper last night. I need a day off between frustration, so waiting on Amazon delivery.

However, the advice from Canadian border VT was something that may have already crossed my mind. 1 tool, use it 1 time....

I keep saying, wait another day, it's a job you do right and do it once in a lifetime (hopefully.) Can't wait to be warm and toasty again. Took a year off once my insert had an air leak I couldn't track down, at which point we made the decision to go with a free stander only to drag my feet forever until a brand new one appeared from the skies.

 

For me any excuse to buy a tool is a good reason to buy it...
Every project ends with at least one new tool
And it turns out that once I have it, I'll find further use for it...

 

We replaced our Jotul back in December 2022 with an Englander w06. That meant that the vertical 36" variable double wall ICC pipe was 5 or 6 inches too long. I called the dealer that we originally got our Jotul F3CB and ICC chimney/stove pipe from and they said that the next size smaller (30") would cost over $400. That didn't sit too well, but the general consensus on the youtubes was that we shouldn't/couldn't cut the pipe to fit. However, we're hillbilly's and we said if the pipe has to be replaced anyway, why not try and cut it. Nothing to loose and 400 bucks to at least save.

So we bought a crimper from Canadian Tire and cut the double wall pipe down to 30". We used an angle grinder and the crimper really wasn't too hard to use and it fit nice and snug. The result? You wouldn't be able to tell that we "adjusted" the length. It looks like a >$400, 30" variable double wall pipe that was bought from the dealer, except we saved the 400 bucks.

 

Crimp tool arrived, very easy to use. Fit was snug, stove is installed!

Last step was the break in fire.... until I realized the stove didn't have the bottom heat shield. Got to fab one up this weekend. Not the end of the world, just another speed bump as has been the story with this project.

 

Ok two have now mentioned that the male end goes down and female up. For me, if you don't tell why, I won't remember. So for those like me, from what I understand, the joints are oriented so that creosote doesn't leak out the pipe as it runs down. If someone knows another reason, please share.

 

That correct...male end down...for creosote containment reasons.

 

It did happen! Learning curve for sure with this one.

 

Boy that looks right at home there!
I hear nothing but good about those stoves...