Install liner - From bottom up

[ewang]

Has anyone installed a liner by pulling it up through the chimney rather than coming down through the top?
I was wondering if this would help prevent it from bending too much, or accidentally kinking it by carrying it up on the roof.

These guys did it (albeit they were a little rough with the liner). Fast forward to about 4 min.

 

[bholler]

We do it sometimes it depends on the situation. But i would not want to try doing it without a hoist. I am sure you could but i wouldn't want to. They where not rough at all from what i could see. but they did not use any insulation. And by the way i absolutly hate that type of liner.

 

[ewang]

But i would not want to try doing it without a hoist.

Why would you not do it without a hoist? I would imagine you could easily to this with two people, one pulling on the rope, the other cautiously feeding it through.

Why do you hate their type of liner?

 

[bholler]

Why would you not do it without a hoist?

Because it can take allot of force at times. Like i said i am sure many can be done just with a rope but i still would not want to. But then again i do this work every day so for me it is worth spending the money for one.

Why do you hate their type of liner?

The 2 layer stuff is not very durable and is extremely easy to damage when installing. I installed 2 of them and have since replaced both of them at my cost one because it failed and the other because i was not confident in the quality of it after seeing the first one fail in 2 years.