Wood stove pipes are nothing more than a simple, cylindrical metal tube whish is made to give off smoke particles. These pipes are quite important for your wood stoves, but it is important to point out that buying them is not an easy task. This is basically due to the availability of several options to make a choice. No doubt, there are two types of these pipes, venting and vent free, there are other amazing features that are enough to be baffling for an average Joe. For instance, some of these pipes come with porcelain and metal facings, temperature gauges, CO2 monitors, and bun and plate warmer additions. It is due to the availability of these features that you should determine your exact needs before starting your search.

1. Distance: There should be a good distance between pipe and the wall. Make it at least 36 inches and drill then drill a hole in relation to the size of your wood stove.

2. Make use of chimney liners: It is common to find people taking these pipes through outside a building, closets, or ceilings, but it is something that comes with fire risks. Try to make use of chimney liners as doing this will save you from facing smoke and heat issues.

3. Don’t use outside: Are you going to place your wood pipe up the outside wall or out of a window? Don’t! These pipes cool down in a fairly less time as compared to prefabricated metal chimneys and that can make you face certain issues due to quick creosote accumulation.

4: Keep burnable material away: To avoid any type of fire risk, it is important to keep all burnable materials away from your wood stove. But, it is a good idea to see how one such material reacts when placed close to your wood stove.

5. Protect it from heat: When installing your wood stove pipe, try to protect it from heat. And, this can be done by creating a brick wall of 3 1/2 inches all around the edges of your wall.

6. The 9 inch rule: Use factory made wood stove pipe and always keep the '9 inch rule' in mind, according to which there should be nine inches between outside chimney cap and outside wall.

7. Make it air tight: This is to prevent any air leakage and the task can be completed with the help of steel connector sleeve.

8. Check, and check again: Keep your home save and don’t forget to check your wood stove pipe once a while.