DIY stove jack

[okie archer]

I have been making a few post about tents. I'm in the market to buy one. I found what I think is a pretty good deal on a new in box Canvas Camp Pro 500 16' bell tent. After some research and speaking to customer service I discovered that model don't come with a factory stove jack. She emailed me a link to YouTube video on how to install a stove jack diy.
So my question is would you feel comfortable doing it yourself? Concerns about leaking/fire safety?

 

[Elktrack]

I have been making a few post about tents. I'm in the market to buy one. I found what I think is a pretty good deal on a new in box Canvas Camp Pro 500 16' bell tent. After some research and speaking to customer service I discovered that model don't come with a factory stove jack. She emailed me a link to YouTube video on how to install a stove jack diy.
So my question is would you feel comfortable doing it yourself? Concerns about leaking/fire safety?

I have not installed one myself but I’ve stayed in a wall tent that my buddy installed one in. It was a canvas tent. Works flawlessly.
I wouldn’t be afraid to tackle it myself.

 

[Camdu7]

I put on in my Kodiak. Pretty easy with a sewing awl and some silicon.

 

[okie archer]

I put on in my Kodiak. Pretty easy with a sewing awl and some silicon.

I wish I knew how to upload the YouTube video the lady emailed to me that showed how to do it. There is no sewing involved. It is basically marking with the stove Jack where to cut the hole. Then bolt a stove jack together. It has a rubber looking gasket that you run the stove pipe through. My concern would be the canvas around the stove jack is not the fire retardant material that the factory ones come with.

 

[Gellar]

Factory diy stove jacks are pretty cheap and easy to install. I stole this from Rokslide I think.

 

[Camdu7]

Okie,

I have seen the ones you are referring too. I looked at them when I put mine in. I was worried about how it would fold into the tent and if it would wear a hole in the tent. I went with a traditional one like Gellar referenced above. Pretty much every wall tent manufacturer uses that style.

Cam