About cleaning before a liner

[bholler]

To anyone who questions the need to clean prior to lining we just got called out for an insurance evaluation on a fireplace that was lined for a freestanding stove. The liner was put in chimney not cleaned and throat just stuffed with fiberglass. There was a chimney fire in the liner it set the old creosote off which ran down and then a ball of burning creosote soaked fiberglass fell into the old fireplace luckily the homeowners were home and put it out with a fire extinguisher but it could have been bad. We haven't gone out yet but i will take pics when i do

 

[Jo191145]

Good reminder. It will be interesting to see the pics.

 

[bholler]

Yeah it sounds pretty nasty from what the adjuster said. And this was done by a so called pro. We have seen some of his other work in the past but most of it is not this bad. I have a feeling there will be a lawsuit coming his way