flue and vent opening Design Styles, Chimneys and Finish Discuss flue and vent opening in the Pizza Oven Design and Installation forums; I'm trying to draw up plans for our oven I know this is a dumb question, but is the flue ...

[briot]

I'm trying to draw up plans for our oven I know this is a dumb question, but is the flue different than the vent opening between the two arches? If it is, how do they come together, how do they transition?

[Mitchamus]

the easiest way to explain it is - have a look at the vent & chimney gallery...

there are some great pics in there that should explain everything...

The flue sits on top of the vent, they're not really the same thing.

On this site - a chimney and flue are talked about as the same thing, but a flue (by definition) is the area inside a chimney.

so to some up:
Vent - the hole in the oven where the smoke comes out
Flue - the passage created by the chimney that's moves the smoke away

In the following pics, the stainless tube is the flue (chimney).

this shows the vent:


This shows the 'vent transition'


This shows the flue (chimney) ready to be mortared


And this shows the flue (chimney) in place



Thanks go to RodneyF for the example pics - great job.

[briot]

Thanks, that helps a lot.