Excellent instructions, installed mine today

You are such a good teacher. Thank you.

You just helped me as a single mom keeps my kids warmer and save lots of $$$$$. Thank you.

Regarding how to mark the holes, I found out a business sized envelope is pretty much the perfect length for marking distance between holes on a 6 inch single wall pipe. I simply marked up the same height on both sides, putting a mark on each side of my tape. I then used the envelope to mark the distance around. Worked great! Thanks for the 19 1/2 measurement.

You make connecting the pipe together look so easy!

Just used this video to help me install a damper for the first time. Loved how relaxed and simple you kept it, most DIY or pro style videos get lost in the technical jargon. So thanks for keeping it simple and focused on the point! Plus, the Pittsburghese made me homesick for western PA after a few years away now!

Thank you. I always wondered how to do that. Very helpful.

Awesome!! Exactly what I needed.

Well planned. Saw another video where there was no regard for the circumference ( and 180 Deg ) for the second hole. Nice demonstration!

I had a wood stove installed by a top-rated chimney and stove guy a couple years ago. He put in double wall chimney pipe with a damper. The stove never drafted adequately, no matter what I did.... including the installation of a Vacu-Stack chimney cap. This past week, I discovered that his crew had installed the damper “flapper” backwards, so when you thought it was wide open, it was actually in the closed position. Anything that can be installed incorrectly WILL be installed incorrectly.

This was the best video I found on this. Thank you so much! Now I’m off to install! Great video!

So great tips. I used your idea, but since I did not have any flashing stock, I picked up a roll of vinyl (white) 12 inches wide and used that along with my black sharpie. This tip made it easy! Thank you Frank

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Thank you for posting this video. It is very helpful for the installation of the damper.

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Thanks ,im going to be installing one later today .

great clear instructions! thanks! Replacing my inside wood stove pipe right now and wasn't sure how to set the new damper in correctly. So glad I found your video! Next up, how to figure out how to connect the new single wall inside to the outside double wall insulated pipe... hoping you have covered that in another video...

I just use a piece of 6 inch plastic bottle to measure. Like a empty gallon of something. Thanks for video, Looking at all your tools organized.

Thanks, always managed before, but the floor trick and using legs worked great

Good instructional Video for the Novice Handymen.

Your video will help many. Good job ! A piece of poster board could be used as a cheap replacement for the sheet metal template. God bless

thank you. i ran into this and thought i would comment on a easier way to find opposite ends to mark your holes. its an old pipe fitters trick. you take a piece of paper, and wrap it around the pipe so that it creates the circumference you need. you then take that paper, and fold it in half, and in half again. that will give you 4 creases all together. place the paper back on the pipe, and the creases will show exact opposite sides.

Thanks just got my first wood and this is helpful.

Anyway, I have been looking for a video like this one, so thank yu very much for tasking the time to create and upload it for us! Much love! :)

I like this method, I will use it when I install my damper, thanks

Great Post Thank you!

Great video. Never thought about using the flashing as a guide

Thank you, the world may be fucked up from insane Governments but at least we can all share information & skills like never before in history

Good video

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Great Video!!!

Very good video, ecxellent. Thank you!..

Good teacher 👏. Thank you

I’m trying to figure out how to measure length of pipe I need. I never did this before. I know I need 2 90’s. It’s about 43” from center of place I’ll put first 90. Do I measure from center of hole?

To get a exact measurement take 6x3.14159 - 18 7/8 divide x2 Equals 9 7/16

Thanks for the demo This helped

Thank you for the video helped me alot

The words above ...made in China would have told me all I needed to know lol.

how does this get down votes? weird... anyway I gave it a thumbs up, he is a good expainer and i loved that 9.5 alluminum measure, genius

Thank you 😊

good tips bro! thanks for showing us!

That “crack” is called an interrupted pour. A foundry defect. But for this application it should be ok.

Thanks, your so helpful!

NICE!

Helpful video . I decided to replace a 8 " stovepipe downstairs on old wood stove . My original one was 35 plus years old and being in basement in Michigan was somewhat rusted. Only place I could find the pipe was ACE hardware .. I don't work for ACE . Seems as if most wood stoves pipes are now are 6 " at lease in West Mich Jeff

Nice!

Thank you

nice, I ran to the computer to see how to get pipe together - the damper was extra nice info

Thanks!

This is great thank you.

I like your videos. Very down to earth.

Thanks! This was a better video than the others. 👌🏻

I like you method of lining up and squaring the holes for the damper. That has to be the best way to make sure everything lines up the way it should. The dampers today mand in CHINA are just junk. They last me about 2/3 of the season. I guess I have to make them out of stainless steel or inconel. Then I will never have to buy or make another one ever again. Nice work fella, are you for hire ??? Thanks

Thank you! Useful, simple... great!

thank you kevin. appreciate this video. ur the man!

Great job! 😁 I've been wondering how I can do this an you're a great teacher. I would like to know, what's the perfect place to add the damper to the pipe?

I have a few questions that i hope you can answer. I was wondering how come they make the damper so much smaller then the pipe I seen on mine and yours that there's a gap at least a quarter of am inch all the way around the damper inside the pipe? And also isn't the damper supposed to be at least a foot up to 1ft and a 1/2 from the stove? I bought a damper with a short pipe I think it's about a half a foot tall and the damper is installed in the middle of it so it's like a quarter of a foot up from the stove. So I'm thinking that since it's that close then it's why I'm always hearing the damper clink from getting hot and also the chimney always sounds like it's catching on fire after the first use just after the time I damp it after cleaning the pipe. Also it does it when I don't even damp it. But when I damp it I only turn it quarter percent the way like this \

Excellant instructions

Very good instructional video! Good job. This will help me out a bunch. 😎👍

Thank you---this was just what I needed. My one question still is how do you decide how far up the stove pipe to put the damper---is one spot better than another?

Very great job!

Mayshure 😉 Thanks man, just what I needed.

Great job!

I my area code calls for double walled pipe. Do I have to drill a larger hole for the damper??

Excellent video. Thank you.

Thank you great simple and clear video!!

Looks good 👍

nice thank you.

Thank you, great video!

How high should you put your damper from the stove. I didn't realize how much heat I was losing by not having a damper

Really good idea thanks

My woodstove says do not run a damper does that sound like something normal because I really would love to shut my damper down?

would an awl work to punch the holes

Good job I never of wiping the pipe. I have always eyeballed the holes.

Have you ever considered putting one of those smaller marine wood burning stoves in your camper? It would let you camp where there are no hookups during colder weather. Just a thought.

Thanks for the video, Sir. God Bless!

Can you install the damper in a horizontal pipe?

Easy for you, lol --- 19 sounds good to me.

I was wondering if smoke leaks out of the damper holes ever? I know they're tiny but with frequent use the holes will enlarge gradually.

Thats what she said ........"finding the hole is the hard part".......

Could have used paper as the marking piece, too. Great video -- thanks for sharing!

Does the damper have to be half way up the length of the stovepipe or can it be placed a few inches below the halfway point?

You can also use poster board instead of aluminum flushing, that will just cost you $1.25 at the Dollar tree

What is the diameter of the shaft size of this flue damper ???? Thanks

Thank you for the video and great instruction. Is the single strength pipe ok for a location that is only 12 inches from the back wall? This in an old house and the double wall pipe is through the attic to the outside that was previous installed. Thank you for

would bristle board work in case you do not have the aluminum sheet

What do you do when you have to sweep the chimney ?

If you know the DIA just multiply by 3.14 and then divide by 2. That’ll give you the half way point measurement you’re looking for. Otherwise good video.

6 x 3.14 = 18.84" ... no tape necessary. LOL!!!

Can you use paper vs aluminum sheet or no?

How far above the stove should it be?

Hubby didn't use a measuring type nor did he use the extra sheet of metal, now there are 3 holes🤦‍♀️!! Can I use a metal sheet like the one you have to cover the extra hole? Or should I just replace the pipe entirely?

Thank you!

Thank You

What size drill bit did you use?

Does smoke leak out of the holes where the damper rod went in? If so, how can they be plugged?

Very good video. Thank you. How about using a piece of newspaper to measure the circumference and then just fold it in half to be more exact? Anyway, how high above the stove and how far from the thermometer?

Kevin, My wife and I just inherited an old home with a wood stove that's been disconnected and I want to put it back in service. My question is what pipe size do I use in my case? The wood stove has a manufacturer installed cast iron backdraft damper directly on top of the unit and I need to connect to it. It measures 10" diameter on the outside and approx 9.5" on the inside. If I pipe to the inside (drop it in) like I think it should where do I find 9.5 inch pipe, chimney etc. Thanks in advance.

save some money and use a large piece of paper. or tape your measure tape to the pipe and then just drill on your numbers needed

How to conect round stove pipe to ovale wood stove

You can do it with a newspaper and tailors tape measure.