I am putting stainless steel 316ti flex liners, 6 inch, into an unlined brick chimney. I will eventually insulate, when I have the money to do so.
One of these liners goes down the chimney, into a fireplace, down through an ash dump, and to the basement, where it hooks up to a wood/coal stove.
The ashdump is tile pipe (ceramic) inside 8 feet of rock (no combustibles). The pipe is too small to fit the darn liner down it. I can break out the pipe, and still be surrounded by solid rock, but I am not really wanting to break out the pipe. This setup is temporary. Eventually, the liner is getting shortened for an insert in that fireplace, and the basement stove is getting its own flue, next to the oil-burners.
I have to rebuild the sucker anyway sometime in the next 3-5 years, might as well do it double flue, yes?
Question: Can I push the liner into the top of the ash dump, and seal it with 136 cement, and do the same at the bottom to bring it to the stove?
Probably not, and probably just have to bite the bullet, and break out the pipe, but wanted to get second (third, fourth ) opinion.
Thanks!
Joshua
One of these liners goes down the chimney, into a fireplace, down through an ash dump, and to the basement, where it hooks up to a wood/coal stove.
The ashdump is tile pipe (ceramic) inside 8 feet of rock (no combustibles). The pipe is too small to fit the darn liner down it. I can break out the pipe, and still be surrounded by solid rock, but I am not really wanting to break out the pipe. This setup is temporary. Eventually, the liner is getting shortened for an insert in that fireplace, and the basement stove is getting its own flue, next to the oil-burners.
I have to rebuild the sucker anyway sometime in the next 3-5 years, might as well do it double flue, yes?
Question: Can I push the liner into the top of the ash dump, and seal it with 136 cement, and do the same at the bottom to bring it to the stove?
Probably not, and probably just have to bite the bullet, and break out the pipe, but wanted to get second (third, fourth ) opinion.
Thanks!
Joshua