A chimney thimble is a circular ceramic fixture that protrudes from the side of a chimney usually about 6 feet above floor level.
Ceramic stove pipe thimble.
Thimbles and saddles are site assembled with refractory mortar to form the joint.
Because chimney thimbles are made of ceramic and are essentially pottery they.
Flues with holes only available in 2 lengths.
The thimble has mortar around it and it had bricks filling in the space around thimble and opening in siding.
The thimble is 9 inches outside diameter.
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In this case the homeowner put up a wall in front of it concealing the pie plate entirely.
Note that thimbles fit inside the hole of the square rectangular flue and and should fit flush with the interior wall the thimble must not impinge the inside the vertical flue section.
Single wall stove pipe going from the stove to the chimney must have a minimum of 18 clearance to combustibles.
The triple wall is comprised of the two sleeves of the thimble and the chimney pipe.
Chimney thimbles are designed to accept single walled black stove pipe from a wood stove.
This triple wall chimney stove pipe features two insulating layers consisting of a ceramic blanket plus air space.
180 degree heat shields are available for single wall pipe to reduce clearances to 6 for walls and 9 to the ceiling.
Customer support contacted the manufacurer who confirmed that there is no ceramic blanket with this wall thimble.
There is a clay or ceramic thimble through the wall into block chimney.
The thimble enters the flue inside the chimney and is designed to accommodate a stovepipe.
Clearance for double wall stove pipe is 6 for these areas.
If the homeowner no longer uses the wood burning stove the pipe is removed and the thimble port is covered over by drywall wallpaper or a pie plate cover.
Saddles fit flush to the outside of the round flue with hole.
More examples of chimney thimble installations.
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