this year we decided to drop a stove pipe down the chimney so as to make it a little more user friendly. cleaning the old chimney was not a very efficient, it took many passes with the brush and you could not see the results. being the paranoid person i am i feared that the creosote would be building up in places the brush wasn't getting(i was right).
when i pulled out the fireplace insert there was an inch or two of build up not very safe. so after a good cleaning and a not so nice dusting of the black sot all over the place(should have cut off the fans):( Malia later was hanging out in her walker and her white started to wear off her feet.
i then went out the the handy dandy home improvement store and picked up some supplies. when we got home me and Malia put together the exhaust pipes with ring clamps(bad idea, wasn't thinking) i then got on the roof and slid them down the chimney. they got stuck so as i tried too pull them out you guessed it they came undone mother #@*&^&%. i was able to get 2 sections out but the third was a lost cause but it came out with a Little persuasion. the pic shows the completed section and the bent up piece.
me and Malia then went back to the man cave and screwed them together using sheet metal screws(thumbs up). good thing i had picked up a extra section, back to the roof and down the chimney they went this time with out a hitch. next problem is the exhaust doesn't lineup with the port on the stove and only a 3inch gap too work with. but being the engineer that i am back to the store we went and picked up 2 air duct pieces and with a bit of trimming and some screws, hooked them together.
then i attached to the already in place exhaust pipes(as in pic) then slid up into place. now just to push the insert back in place align and hook up. here's a couple of pics of the pipes coming out of the old chimney, and a Little smoke to test her out. then trim her down and put the cap back on 
done diddly done.
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