Chimney/thimble repair

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NSDave

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Dec 29, 2011
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Halifax NS Canada
What should I use to fix this area ? Its inside, and the grey area is some furnace cement I used a year ago but of course it cracks, when you move the pipe for cleaning etc.

Just use regular mortar? or quickcrete?

EDIT! sorry Iphone. adjusted PIC

UPDATE; so I went looking for some black paint and a trim ring; but realized it wasn't going to beas "pretty" as I wanted PIC 0 shows why. the ring won't cover up the couple inches of snout that need to be; plus its a 6"d/w pipe to a 5.5 adapter.so the trim ring would not hang properly.
Probably not the nicest install ever done; but thats another dicussion.

Found a plug to fit in the trim ring, and cut the center out. Covers up 90% of all the mess.

I'll post a pic of the finished product once the paint dries and its in place!
 

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I'm guessing this opens into a complete masonry chimney? Is there a clay crock here? If so, why not use an adapter that expands to the correct size and fits the clay crock?
 
Are you just worried about the aesthetics? if so a simple trim ring will fix that. We cement all our snouts in with chamber tech or a similar product made for coating smoke chambers it has reinforcing fibers and insulation in it it holds up well.
 
Sorry ; I should have mentioned that it connects to an ss liner so it IS just for looks. I'd need something a little more than a trim ring as the black double wall isn't right to the chimney something like a trim ring with a piece that would overlap the black pipe and inch or two.
 
Why do you need to over lap the black pipe? If you dont like the bare stainless paint it. There are high temp stainless paints out there. So use a trim ring to cover the ugly furnace cement and paint the stainless
 
Well ; I never thought of that; but yes. Paint. I'm over complicating it.

thanks bholler
 
you are welcome. I cant tell you how many times something like that has happened to me i am trying to come up with some complicated solution when there is an obvious one staring me in the face.
 
Beholler, attached is my straight non-insulated pipe up to chimney with clay liner. should I have a collar, thimble....? Respectfully submitted!
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And DONE.
 

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good deal that should work fine
 
Thanks again bholler. I DID use the paint to touch up cut marks and the few spots I hat to file down some edges.

I patched the visible area with some HI Temp cement that I had already.

With paint ; It was about a $20 fix :)
 
Yeah nice solution and cheap to
 
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