Wind Proof Chimney Cap For 34 Ft. High Stack

Wind proof chimney cap for 34 ft high stack FARM HOME Building Techniques 15-2-8 When the wind blows, smoke doesn't pour back down into Vince Koebensky's wood stove the way it used to before he came up with a "wind proof' chimney cap to fit his 34-ft. high stack. "This building has a 34-ft. high roof peak. A conventional chimney just won't work that high up. I can't relocate the stove elsewhere so I had to come up with a solution," says Koebensky, who runs a fabricating and machine shop called "Hot Iron" near Buffalo, Minn. He used a heavy 14-ga. 8-in. dia. steel pipe for the stack with 10 ft. sticking up above the roof. "I used heavy tubing because lighter weight chimney pipes wouldn't last as long and would have required guide wires while this tubing stands on its own." An 8-in. to 6-in. reducer goes on top of the pipe. A 6-in. cross pipe is fitted with two short 6-in. vertical pipes that are open on either end. The vertical pipes are tilted slightly inward toward each other to create a great than 90? bend, making it more difficult for wind to find its way down the stack. A 6-in. to 4-in. reducer mounts on top each short pipe, topped by 4-in. chimney caps. "It's truly strange to see smoke coming out the bottom of the "T's" but it works. No more smoke in the shop," says Koebensky. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Vince Koebensky, Hot Iron, Rt. 1, Box 126, Buffalo, Minn. 55313.

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