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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: junkyard racer on October 05, 2009, 01:55:39 PM

Title: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: junkyard racer on October 05, 2009, 01:55:39 PM
Quick question about chimneys. When I purchased my home they/the inspector said it needed a chimney liner. No big deal...im starting to get around to doing just that...but my chimney is square/rectangle. Every liner I have found is round. Do you stuff the round liner into the square hole? My dampener at the top is square.

I have a fireplace, not a wood burning stove. It seems to me that in looking at shit online and in lowes/home depot...a brick chimney is a liner in itself.


???
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: random-strike on October 05, 2009, 01:59:13 PM
you don't need a liner in a fireplace.

like whats his face said they use em on wood stoves because they can get really hot... its like something you can use for installation so it doesn't start a fire


Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: junkyard racer on October 05, 2009, 02:01:25 PM
I've never heard of anyone using a flue for a fireplace..  and google images "chimney liner" is showing me dudes putting liners (flexible flues really) down brick chimneys for a wood stove.

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realhomemadeturbo.com%2Fforum%2FSmileys%2Fclassic%2Fhuh.gif&hash=99d478e789e841a7f3b6b040f58fbe33e263ac86)

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/chimneyliners (http://www.doityourself.com/stry/chimneyliners)

Shows ceramic things in the brick

thats what I am finding also. Flues/liners are only needed for stoves. I have a fireplace. You open the dampner and it goes straight into the brick lined chimney.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: RHD DC2 on October 05, 2009, 03:16:45 PM
i thought you just clean em, we have used ours for like 10+ years and just burn one of those auto cleaning logs about 4 times a winter season.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: 5thgenlx on October 05, 2009, 03:42:40 PM
so the inspector told you that you needed something that you really don't. typical. i'd call em up and ask what liner do you use for a fireplace. cuz they are fuckn retarded
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: t_cel_t on October 05, 2009, 03:49:57 PM
go ask them how rock can set fire
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: junkyard racer on October 05, 2009, 05:10:05 PM
so the inspector told you that you needed something that you really don't. typical. i'd call em up and ask what liner do you use for a fireplace. cuz they are fuckn retarded

That's my thinking also. If I had a wood cased chimney I think it would be a different story. In that case I would line it.

I don't, its 100% brick from the top to the bottom and very clean except for some cobwebs. I dont think it has been used in many years.

So im glad I am thinking correctly. All I really need is a new cap. sweet.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: crttaz on October 05, 2009, 05:17:29 PM
Call someone out to look at it.

I'm lucky to be alive today, found a flue issue last night from when roof was replaced over the summer.

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm307%2Fbonespec%2FMisc%2FPA050001.jpg&hash=e610b99d9c8e9d1884df7847dd87fe301148bc23)

Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: junkyard racer on October 05, 2009, 09:54:37 PM
yeah, I dont quite know what you are talking about though. I will get on there tomorrow and try to take a picture of it for you.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: Conceptz-X on October 05, 2009, 10:11:01 PM
Call someone out to look at it.

I'm lucky to be alive today, found a flue issue last night from when roof was replaced over the summer.

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm307%2Fbonespec%2FMisc%2FPA050001.jpg&hash=e610b99d9c8e9d1884df7847dd87fe301148bc23)


That could have been very bad....
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 05, 2009, 10:18:37 PM
Call someone out to look at it.

I'm lucky to be alive today, found a flue issue last night from when roof was replaced over the summer.

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm307%2Fbonespec%2FMisc%2FPA050001.jpg&hash=e610b99d9c8e9d1884df7847dd87fe301148bc23)


That could have been very bad....

What's a little brain damage among RHMTers?  Worst case scenario, widebuddy has someone who can relate to him as an equal.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: Conceptz-X on October 05, 2009, 10:33:11 PM
Being its not black pipe, there shouldnt be and embers in the flue

but yea CO inhalation, whats it gunna hurt?
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: crttaz on October 06, 2009, 01:09:53 AM
Being its not black pipe, there shouldnt be and embers in the flue

but yea CO inhalation, whats it gunna hurt?

won't feel a thing.........ever again.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: t_cel_t on October 06, 2009, 02:12:54 AM
i bet it would eventually get the suction going and pull it out
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: crttaz on October 06, 2009, 06:46:10 AM
Would still have low level CO poisoning, something most pass off as a cold or flu like.

My father (RIP) worked for local utility company in gas service division, so I had an idea WTF was going on.

He got a service award for dragging three black kids out of a house due to CO poisoning, the mother called the cops, later once calmed down, she thanked him.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: jeffsciv23 on October 06, 2009, 06:03:50 PM
CO poisoning turns your skin black?
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: E-b0la on October 06, 2009, 09:46:38 PM
CO poisoning turns your skin black?
ROFL!
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: crttaz on October 07, 2009, 12:34:02 AM
CO poisoning turns your skin black?

Yes it will, about 4 months after you are dead.
Title: Re: anyone know anything about chimneys?
Post by: jeffsciv23 on October 07, 2009, 12:37:03 AM
ahhh i see, must be why my CO detecter goes ape shit everytime i bump NWA....must be liek a pracationary measure