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Tony Hwang

wrote:
Have a curiosity question that I hope the gurus can help me with. My
house has the typical clay chimney surrounded by brick. It does not
have one of those aluminum caps. The house apparently went decades
with out one. On my street I say only 50% of the houses have chimney
caps.
How vital are these caps? Are they vital?
I'm not comfortable going up there myself, so I'll to pay someone, and
unfortunately they'll charge a pretty penny just for a small job.

Thank you
Hi,
My first house as built in arly '70 which had a wood burning FP and hat
kinda chimney. Next house built in mid-70's had same FP and chimney
neither had cap. From then on 4 more house with direc vent NG FPs, no
more such chimneys.