Getting 35ft of insulated flexi liner down (or up) our chimney? Any tips? All insulated everyone in place and epic fail! When it came down to 3 of us taking it up on the roof, the roof suddenly felt really high and the pipe felt really heavy. Thinking of sending it up the chimney instead of trying to wrangle it up a ladder and over the roof to the chimney at 40 feet up.
Insulated the flexi liner - now what?
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It all depends on the situation. We drop most but we do pull some up as well. I wouldnt try that without a hoist of some sort though.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
Sounds familiar! Except it was 25' and just me. Never would have worked pulling it up from the bottom. $400 later, with the rented lift, it was down the hatch.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
If you have 3 people you can feed it up as a long tube rather than a big bulky roll. Once you get the end over the ridge, it doesn't get any heavier from there.
You can get fall protection and ridge anchors off the shelf at home depot for far less than the cost of an emergency room visit.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Buildin...ent/Guardian-Fall-Protection/N-5yc1vZbzzjZ9lo
You can get fall protection and ridge anchors off the shelf at home depot for far less than the cost of an emergency room visit.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Buildin...ent/Guardian-Fall-Protection/N-5yc1vZbzzjZ9lo
25' isnt a big deal once you know what you are doing i drop most of them myself. But that extra 10' can be a groan i wont try 35 alone.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
Once you know what you are doing is the key. It was my first one, and I had delusions of grandeur. 25' doesn't look that high up from the ground up. Looking down, on the other hand, all I saw was a broken neck (mine own).
No shame in getting some mechanical assistance. If it's even too much for bholler, then it's probably something to look into.
I was not saying there was anything wrong with it at all. We do almost always have a roof platform up though. Which makes a big difference.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
Any chance you'd share a trade secret or two, regarding the roof platform? Understand if not, we've all got to make a living. I'd love to see what you use and it would be very helpful to us diy'ers.
Our roof platforms are frames mounted on ridge ladders that we lay 3 scaffold planks across and strap down. We also have a setup from aherens which is noce but not as fast or easy to set up. Next time we do a roof setup i will post pics.
The secret really is just go buy the stuff lol. It all has to be osha approved. And it isnt cheap. Not something a homeowner would get. And i have never seen them rented
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
I've seen a handful of cobbled together substitutes, but I'm pretty sure professional carpenters who were used to such work built them.
I'll say this much- once I did it myself, I no longer questioned the price and difficulty of the job.
I'd like to build a crows nest up around my chimney to facilitate some crown repairs and annual inspections. But that's for another thread and another day.
Probably already done, but my wife and I did 30 feet of 8 inch up our chimney. Here is what I did:
1. Punched two holes in the top of the pipe (had some excess to cut anyway)
2. Dropped one end of 12/2 wire down chimney, split the ends and attached it to my two holes.
3. I went up on the roof and pulled it as my wife fed it from underneath.
1. Punched two holes in the top of the pipe (had some excess to cut anyway)
2. Dropped one end of 12/2 wire down chimney, split the ends and attached it to my two holes.
3. I went up on the roof and pulled it as my wife fed it from underneath.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
I'd have loved to have done this, tried, and it wouldn't make it past the smoke shelf.
You must have a big chimney for 8" insulated to slip right up there.
Once I removed the old damper I had no problem. Granted removing the old damper proved to be quite the feat. The Buck 91 requires an 8 inch pipe.
Not done yet (unfortunately!) This weekend. We might have to try this method. The spot were the damper is the only opening/angles that you had to modify to get it up the chimney?
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