Kitchen flue must wrap red brick
Kitchen flue best wrap a layer of red brick, because the exhaust pipe has heat, long-term use is easy to tile off, so the installation of the flue first wrap a layer of red brick, in the paste tiles, it will not be easy to fall off. Secondly, you can also use the practice of batching, the use of cement mortar in the surface of the flue batching, thickening the surface thickness of the flue, insulation, to avoid tile overheating and fall off.
What are the common problems of the flue
Problem 1: flue tiles are easy to fall off
In our daily life, we often find that the tiles near the flue are easy to fall off, that's because the thickness of the flue is relatively thin, the heat permeability is high, which makes the moisture in the adhesive is evaporated, and in the case of thermal expansion and contraction of tiles is brittle, thus leading to tiles fall off.
Small tips: thicken the flue. The way to deal with the outside of the flue with red brick re-packing, to achieve the effect of heat insulation, and then re-plastering tiles.
Small tips two: hanging mesh plaster reinforcement. Secondly, you can also hang mesh on the plaster surface, but the effect is not as good as red brick masonry, mainly because the flue surface thickness is not enough, there may also be the phenomenon of bursting.
Problem 2: flue return
Flue if not installed, there will be flue odor phenomenon, which is a lot of families will appear.
Small tips one: install the flue stop valve.
The flue stop valve is an accessory on the flue with an eccentric shaft baffle, it can effectively prevent the flue in the cloudy gas and grease back into the home. And it also prevents mosquitoes and moths in the flue from entering the house through the flue, you must look at the quality when you buy a non-return valve and choose a quality-assured product.
Small tips two: install the hood stop valve.
The non-return valve is a hood comes with a function, the effect is the same as the flue non-return valve, but in the installation should be noted that the kitchen flue mouth and pipe connection must be completely sealed, otherwise the effect is the same as not installed.