Flue liner

GM doc · 12-05-2010, 06:40 PM

Any thoughts on repairing a cracked flue liner? Below grade but is cracked? Will morter fix this? I can get my arm into the spot that is cracked.

Thanks again lake friends

Belmont Resident · 12-06-2010, 06:24 PM

If you use it for burning wood I would seek help before repairing it yourself.
The liner is meant to stand up to a chimney fire. I'm not sure that a liner can be repaired and be safe. I’d have a professional inspect the liner before you do anything.
They do make a stainless liner that drops right down your existing chimney replacing the old one. Pricey but it also is very easy to do your own chimney sweep.

robmac · 12-06-2010, 06:53 PM

I would first ask the material of current liner,if not metal then a stainless liner would probably be the best choice. I would for insurance reasons if for none other bring in an expert for a look and advice. Can't be to careful and I wouldn't want to find out in the middle of the night woken from a sound sleep there is a problem.

Champ81 · 12-07-2010, 10:06 AM

Call the Chimney Restoration Group they do that sort of thing. My husband had them come out to take a look at ours. We ended up tearing our chimney down and putting a new one up.....

ACutAbove · 12-08-2010, 09:13 PM

[QUOTE=Champ81;145430]Call the Chimney Restoration Group they do that sort of thing. My husband had them come out to take a look at ours. We ended up tearing our chimney down and putting a new one up.....[/QUOTE

It ended up being cheaper to tear down the old block chimney and put up a stainless steal double wall pipe, doing all the work himself including makeing a larger hole in the vaneer inside the house to put in the new pipe thru the wall. In total saved a very big chunk of change...

SteveA · 12-08-2010, 10:15 PM

Tim is a great guy. He did work on our chimney, and was kind enough to travel all the way to Mass to work on my son's chimney. Very professional.

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12-05-2010, 06:40 PM	#1
GM doc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 76 Thanks: 1 Thanked 23 Times in 9 Posts	Flue liner Any thoughts on repairing a cracked flue liner? Below grade but is cracked? Will morter fix this? I can get my arm into the spot that is cracked. Thanks again lake friends

12-06-2010, 06:24 PM	#2
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 410 Times in 251 Posts	Contact a specialist. If you use it for burning wood I would seek help before repairing it yourself. The liner is meant to stand up to a chimney fire. I'm not sure that a liner can be repaired and be safe. I’d have a professional inspect the liner before you do anything. They do make a stainless liner that drops right down your existing chimney replacing the old one. Pricey but it also is very easy to do your own chimney sweep.

12-08-2010, 10:15 PM	#6
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Tim is a great guy. He did work on our chimney, and was kind enough to travel all the way to Mass to work on my son's chimney. Very professional. __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

12-06-2010, 06:53 PM	#3
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 951 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	I would first ask the material of current liner,if not metal then a stainless liner would probably be the best choice. I would for insurance reasons if for none other bring in an expert for a look and advice. Can't be to careful and I wouldn't want to find out in the middle of the night woken from a sound sleep there is a problem.

12-07-2010, 10:06 AM	#4
Champ81 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Call the Chimney Restoration Group they do that sort of thing. My husband had them come out to take a look at ours. We ended up tearing our chimney down and putting a new one up.....

12-08-2010, 09:13 PM	#5
ACutAbove Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Holderness Posts: 219 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	[QUOTE=Champ81;145430]Call the Chimney Restoration Group they do that sort of thing. My husband had them come out to take a look at ours. We ended up tearing our chimney down and putting a new one up.....[/QUOTE It ended up being cheaper to tear down the old block chimney and put up a stainless steal double wall pipe, doing all the work himself including makeing a larger hole in the vaneer inside the house to put in the new pipe thru the wall. In total saved a very big chunk of change...