Chimney – Hearth

DON’T Just “Do it” – Placing a wood stove into an existing masonry chimney could be hazardous to your health and house. Read this to learn more. One of our biggest problems occurs when a customer enters the shop and states “I have an existing woodstove into a masonry chimney – I’d like to replace the stove with a more …

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Relining a Masonry Chimney Introduction to the Basics Chimney relining is often the best way to assure safety and proper performance with solid fuel (wood, coal, pellet) appliances. In fact, chimney lining has become almost mandatory in order to bring existing chimneys up to present codes. Reasons for lining or relining your chimney include: 1. Properly sizing (by reducing) the …

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Installing an insulated HT chimney up through another floor is often the best way to run a chimney in a multi-story situation. This scenario might include the basement of a ranch house for a furnace or finished basement stove, or a first story of a typical colonial house. This straight up technique will result in better draft than a chimney …

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Note: This article will guide you though the selection of materials and parts to complete a typical chimney lining job. With this information and your measurements, you should be able to price out the complete kit that will suit your particular installation. Figuring out the cost can be overwhelming when deciding to reline your chimney with a stainless steel chimney …

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The various claims made by chimney sweeps, cap manufacturers and fireplace retailers can often confuse the issue. In this article we’ll take an in-depth look at the different types of chimney caps and answer this burning question once and for all. Metal ChimneysVacu-Stak: http://www.chimneycaps.com/ Please check with the manufacturers and your chimney professional to determine if these devices will work …

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Chimneys and fireplaces come in all different shapes and sizes. Following is a short discussion of varied flue and fireplace sizes and the things to keep in mind before venting your stove or fireplace. This article relates mostly to fireplaces and stoves that burn wood or coal as a fuel. First, let’s talk about chimney sizes. Chimneys can be broken …

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Chimneys—An unexact science ! Did You Know that a adequate chimney is actually more important for successful wood burning than a good stove or fireplace? In other words it would be better to have a good chimney and a poor stove than the opposite. As the title implies, chimneys are an unexact science. The intent of this paper is to …

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