[TheForge] Stack Cover

[Riverbend Blacksmiths]

I too just finished installing a stack (an 8" black stove pipe)  
through the steel roof of my shop. It connects down to a thick sheet  
metal chimney that I built and welded up in the shop. It draws very  
nicely from the side (side draft). I bought an off-the-shelf cap that  
fit the diameter of my 8" pipe, but would like some input from others  
in the forum to see what's best. We had a lot of rain and driving  
winds, so there was a nice puddle in my coal ash bucket after the  
rains that drained on through.

I'm sorry, but I can't understand or picture Darrell's directions  
that he provided here. Am I the only one?

Marsha.
Ontario, Canada
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On Nov 22, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Darrell wrote:

> A 4' section of 14" diameter pipe over the top of your stack would  
> work the best. Attach the section overlapping the top of your stack  
> a couple of inches using three one inch channels spaced around the  
> stack. Rain that enters the top of the 14" piece will hit the side  
> and fall out the gap at the bottom of the 14" piece onto the roof.
>
> Darrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn and Susan Lang"  
> <langfarm at together.net>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:38 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Stack Cover
>
>
>> Hello
>>
>> What turns out to be the best cover for the forge stack?
>>
>> Want to keep rain and snow out but allow smoke out...
>>
>> I put up a 12" pipe, told that anything smaller will not be  
>> adequate...
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> lynn
>>
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