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This blog is a collection of outdoor adventure tips and "how to's" to help the novice to outdoor activities become better equipped or just give ideas to help you through your trekking adventure. Getting out in the vast arenas of our national parks will fill you with wonders you never imagined and wouldn't want to be left out from experiencing.

Outdoor Chimeneas – Great but smoky. Here is your solution - a flu extender.

Hello,

I love my Chimenea, but depending on the wind direction it can blow smoke directly in your face and make everyone's clothes smell really bad.

I went to work finding a solution.   No one sells a Chimenea flue extender so I had to "invent" something myself.

A trip to my nearest home improvement store and a few ideas found an easy, cheap, and attractive looking solution.

   


   

Most of your standard Chimeneas will take an 8 inch pipe.  I found an attractive looking black stove pipe that fit perfectly in the Chimenea flue.  For an extra touch I put a angle section on the top.  It also helps to direct the smoke away from everyone.

There you have it - a cheap and easy way to get the smoke out of your face and away from  your clothes.

Only published comments... Sep 06 2008, 07:45 AM by Clint Pollock with 115 view(s)
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Stu Marks said:

We have the same chimenea on our back patio. Out parents brought it all the way from Arizona for us as a gift. We have only used it once and it definately is a real back yard smoker. The extender idea looks like a good one. I'm going to try it. The flames shooting out the top are a little scarry looking in the photo, but the fuel supply can't be big enough to sustain that for very long.

September 6, 2008 8:18 AM
 

Jodie said:

How did you get the extender to stay in the chimnea?  dodester@cox.net

November 10, 2008 1:23 PM
 

Clint Pollock said:

I used an 8inch stove pipe and it fit very snug into the opening.  The flu is tapered a bit.  When I placed the 8inch stove pipe into the flue it fit nice and snug.

Let us know if you try this and post a picture to the blog so we can see your version!

Clint

November 12, 2008 1:15 PM

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About Clint Pollock

ADVENTURE MAN Outgoing, adventurous, and determined – that would be me. I am almost always willing to try something new at least once. Some of my favorites include swimming, camping, traveling, rock climbing, building things, reading, and of course spending time with friends. I love to head out West, it is my favorite part of the country. I cant wait to see EVERY National Park in America!

 
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