so there it is. the best picture i could manage while standing on top of my truck. original masonry chimney on the left and mr. OD on the right. hope that helps clear up any confusion on the arrangement.
so the roofers painted my stainless steel class A chimney
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so there it is. the best picture i could manage while standing on top of my truck. original masonry chimney on the left and mr. OD on the right. hope that helps clear up any confusion on the arrangement.
It's just a short stub of pipe. I wouldn't sweat the small stuff. I doubt this is going to affect the sale of the house. The next owner might like the understated look. I'd move on and look at the bigger picture.
PS: remove the blue painter's tape from the wires.
PS: remove the blue painter's tape from the wires.
we're not selling the house. we're trying to refinance the mortgage to a 15 yr. but anyway. i just want it back to how it was.
woodsmaster
Minister of Fire
greythorn3
Minister of Fire
ya i think it looks good too, allot more uglie things on your roof and walls to worry about fix them first, then worry about the chimney, i think its the best looking part of that place as it is in the picture now.
It looks better painted than the shiny stainless, to me.
This is one of the dumbest things to come unglued about! Maybe you just really, really, really, really like shiny things! I like non-shiny, it takes all types.
I'm jaded, I deal with garbage like this far too frequently. People can't stand to spend money on something other than their big TV or commercial grade appliances, and they look hard for reasons not to honor their promises.
This is one of the dumbest things to come unglued about! Maybe you just really, really, really, really like shiny things! I like non-shiny, it takes all types.
I'm jaded, I deal with garbage like this far too frequently. People can't stand to spend money on something other than their big TV or commercial grade appliances, and they look hard for reasons not to honor their promises.
you don't paint stainless steel. there was no reason to. it was incredibly stupid. it just happened to be the final straw in a line of incredibly stupid things this company has done since they picked up our case. there's more background but i don't particularly care to get in all of that right now. trust me, i liked the way it looked and i'm upset that they did it. mostly because i'm pretty convinced they didn't even realize it was a chimney. and believe me, i'm not unglued. i'm just very irritated and want things as they were. come monday i'll be talking to the foreman again and since i'm a very reasonable man, i'm sure we can come to a happy agreement.
argus66
Feeling the Heat
fact is it was not painted before they started and u did not want it painted! u should not have to repaint anything. tell them u want it replaced at there expense call stove store get estimate. give them the bill. won't pay see u in court.
greythorn3
Minister of Fire
they make paint stripper for this very reason! you dont need to replace it, just have them strip the paint from it. lets not get overboard here.
greythorn3 said:
I don't have the product in front of me to double check that it is safe on stainless, but I've been very happy using http://www.citristrip.com/ in the past. Considering the harsh stuff I have used on aluminum rims in the past, I'd be surprised if any paint stripper would do harm to it but it'd be worth checking.
pen
Realstone
Lord of Fire
I've been using that for a decade now, fabulous stuff. Made from oranges, non-toxic, even smells pleasant. I use it to strip epoxy from my tools. Use the gel format and be patient, it takes a bit. (edit: and don't forget to test it on an inconspicuous area first)pen said:
tcassavaugh
Minister of Fire
If it came from a "stove" store, that would be fair, but my guess is that it came from menards. We paint SS pipe all the time for new homes. It has to be etched with vinegar first, then we paint it with paint made for ss, then Stove Bright paint. I doubt the paint that they used will stay, just ask them them to paint it black and be done with it. It looks pretty good to me too.ss="spellchecked_word">argus66</SPAN> said:
woodsmaster
Minister of Fire
greythorn3 said:
By the time you spend hours stripping it and spill the stripper on the shingles and stain them or dissolve them it would be easier and cheaper to replace the pipe.
John_M
Minister of Fire
When my house was built 6 years ago I had the roofers paint the plastic, white colored vent pipes a forest green color to match the roof. The color-matched vent pipes look much nicer than the original white. In my opinion your painted SS chimney looks better than if it were unpainted.
A related comment: A few of my neighbors have had their septic vent pipes occasionally freeze above the roofline during a severe upstate NY winter. That has not yet happened at my house. It is my opinion that the darker colored vent pipes at my house absorb just enough heat from the sun to prevent any kind of ice build-up within the pipe. :coolsmile:
John_M
A related comment: A few of my neighbors have had their septic vent pipes occasionally freeze above the roofline during a severe upstate NY winter. That has not yet happened at my house. It is my opinion that the darker colored vent pipes at my house absorb just enough heat from the sun to prevent any kind of ice build-up within the pipe. :coolsmile:
John_M
Dune
Minister of Fire
Bub381
Minister of Fire
I wouldn't touch it,that may allow them to put some blame on you and say they can't fix it now.Easy fix or not,it weren't you that chenged the look you don't like.If they don't fix it then go for it and no big deal except the word of all this spreading will sure have an effect on their future jobs.If they replace it i'd make sure it was done by a professional not some roofer gone painter.I'd rather have a painted stack than a leaky roof soon expensive fix.
tcassavaugh
Minister of Fire
+1.....if you're going to try and get them to do the fixing,......step away from the pipe. its not hurting anything and not a safety factor, so....if you want them to pay or fix it, stay away from it until its resolved. jmhoBub381 said:
cass
pgmr
Feeling the Heat
Dune said:
It's not really a coating, rather a property of stainless steel. It forms a chromium oxide layer that protects the underlying metal from further oxidation. The term is passivation. It will reform the layer if scratched (if the ss is exposed to 02), but the scratches will still be visible.
I used to work with a huge amount of SS... (usually 3xx series like a lot of chimney pipe is)
We would use acetone or paint thinner (xylene) to remove any paint on SS that wasn't supposed to be there. If you let the Xylene sit for a while it will soften it up... then sometimes you can wipe it off, or else put a little bit on a rag and then it wipes off easy enough. Depends on the type of paint they put on really.
a wire wheel will make short work of it... It will leave a lot of tiny scratches, but probably not visible from the ground. Xylene or Acetone is the easiest way to go though for no damage.
Did they reroof or tear off? Maybe they hit the chimney with some shingles and scratched it up since asphalt is pretty abrasive... Or dropped something else on it and just wanted to try to cover it up so you wouldn't notice?
We would use acetone or paint thinner (xylene) to remove any paint on SS that wasn't supposed to be there. If you let the Xylene sit for a while it will soften it up... then sometimes you can wipe it off, or else put a little bit on a rag and then it wipes off easy enough. Depends on the type of paint they put on really.
a wire wheel will make short work of it... It will leave a lot of tiny scratches, but probably not visible from the ground. Xylene or Acetone is the easiest way to go though for no damage.
Did they reroof or tear off? Maybe they hit the chimney with some shingles and scratched it up since asphalt is pretty abrasive... Or dropped something else on it and just wanted to try to cover it up so you wouldn't notice?
I installed new SS pipe for my shop stove.
After standing back to admire it, I realized that while is was shiny and pretty and all, it really stood out against the brown roof, so much so that it looked like a silver spaceship had landed on my roof...perfect if my shop was a highly polished Airstream trailer, but since it is not...
I used acetone to degrease/clean it, and sprayed it with rattle can brown.
It looks like it belongs now.
On your pipe, of course it is yours and if you want shiny, the roofer should clean or replace it to suit you.
Rob
After standing back to admire it, I realized that while is was shiny and pretty and all, it really stood out against the brown roof, so much so that it looked like a silver spaceship had landed on my roof...perfect if my shop was a highly polished Airstream trailer, but since it is not...
I used acetone to degrease/clean it, and sprayed it with rattle can brown.
It looks like it belongs now.
On your pipe, of course it is yours and if you want shiny, the roofer should clean or replace it to suit you.
Rob
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