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Cracked Chimney Liner
I had a chimney sweep do a checkup of my fireplace and furnace chimeys and
he found that the furnace chimney lining is cracked. The liner is apparently made of clay, and the crack looks like if you took a your fist and punched it somewhat through sheetrock, from the inside and left a the outer piece protruding. Additionally, there was a fist-sized chunk just missing in another area. He found all this right by where the flue from the furnace and water heater attach to the chimney - I can basically touch the piece that is cracked and the missing piece too, once we removed the flue pipe extension. He said patching is not an option (even though it's easily in reach), and that I must get a $1,500.00 stainless steel flue liner, that he will gladly install. He said patching will never hold. He said that if the piece breaks off and blocks the exhaust, then I'll be in trouble. I agree - if that happens. I just don't see why this can't be patched with high-heat resistant patch, if it's within reach. I have CO detectors connected to my alarm system that will alert me of any issues. However, would you be overly concerned of a situation like this? Is this a "must-fix" emergency situation, or do older homes commonly have these types of cracks? Do you know of a way to safely patch-fix this type of break? My home was build in 1964. |
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"Billy" wrote I had a chimney sweep do a checkup of my fireplace and furnace chimeys and he found that the furnace chimney lining is cracked. The liner is apparently made of clay, and the crack looks like if you took a your fist and punched it somewhat through sheetrock, from the inside and left a the outer piece protruding. Additionally, there was a fist-sized chunk just missing in another area. He found all this right by where the flue from the furnace and water heater attach to the chimney - I can basically touch the piece that is cracked and the missing piece too, once we removed the flue pipe extension. He said patching is not an option (even though it's easily in reach), and that I must get a $1,500.00 stainless steel flue liner, that he will gladly install. He said patching will never hold. He said that if the piece breaks off and blocks the exhaust, then I'll be in trouble. I agree - if that happens. I just don't see why this can't be patched with high-heat resistant patch, if it's within reach. I have CO detectors connected to my alarm system that will alert me of any issues. However, would you be overly concerned of a situation like this? Is this a "must-fix" emergency situation, or do older homes commonly have these types of cracks? Do you know of a way to safely patch-fix this type of break? My home was build in 1964. Call a HVAC company out. You're not burning in this, I believe a HVAC can give you alternative options instead of an entire stainless steel liner. Do get it fixed, CO is not to be taken lightly. |
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I have an 'older home' built in 1929. There is no liner at all. That was fairly common then, but so were chimney fires. I have had chimney sweeps tell me that I need thousands of dollars in work to add a liner and bring it to code, but I don't lose sleep over it. It's one of those things that might be nice if I had money burning a hole in my pocket. It's been fine for 75 years now. Dimitri |
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