It is impossible to imagine any country house without a stove or fireplace and, accordingly, a chimney, too. This device was developed many years ago, and in the entire history of its existence, it has practically not changed in construction and design. Therefore, like all old appliances, installing a chimney with your own hands is one of the simplest and most uncomplicated types of construction work, and absolutely anyone can cope with it. And you don’t have to be a professional builder - just prepare the necessary set of tools and follow the installation steps given below in our article.
Where to start?
When installing a chimney with your own hands, pay attention to the fact that installation is easiest to do from the bottom up, that is, from the boiler to the roof. The pipe links are assembled sequentially - each piece of it is inserted into the previous one, and so on until the length of the device reaches the desired values. Also, in order to protect the instrument as much as possible from moisture, some use a special heat-resistant sealant that can not lose its properties even at a temperature of about 800-1000 degrees Celsius. Such a design will be as reliable and resistant to external factors as possible.
Do-it-yourself chimney: fixing the device and mounting
It is worth noting that the working joints in the heating system must be fixed using special clamps. And along the laying line with an interval of 150-1200 centimeters, additional brackets are mounted that fasten the device to the building elements. When installing a chimney with your own hands, remember that installation should be carried out away from contact with electrical cables or gas pipes. The minimum distance between these communications should be at least 100 centimeters.
Do not forget that this device periodically needs to be cleaned, so when you mount a steel or brick chimney with your own hands, install some door in the lower part of it in order to conveniently remove soot from there. At the same time, materials of working channels installed along internal walls and partitions should be made of non-combustible materials. If you are not able to perform installation according to such an algorithm, use special nozzle pipes. It is worth noting that the installation of a removable part for cleaning soot should be carried out only for those whose boilers operate on solid fuel or on diesel fuel (the so-called "combined"). Gas devices do not form soot, so it is not necessary to make holes and a door for cleaning.
The part of the chimney that protrudes outside must be protected from the wind additionally. Usually in such cases, use weathercocks, baffles or special nets.
Conclusion
Thus, a correctly installed and constructed pipe allows for the effective removal of smoke, which occurs due to the combustion of materials in the boiler, to the outside.