Chimney/thimble repair

[NSDave]

What should I use to fix this area ? Its inside, and the grey area is some furnace cement I used a year ago but of course it cracks, when you move the pipe for cleaning etc.

Just use regular mortar? or quickcrete?

EDIT! sorry Iphone. adjusted PIC

UPDATE; so I went looking for some black paint and a trim ring; but realized it wasn't going to beas "pretty" as I wanted PIC 0 shows why. the ring won't cover up the couple inches of snout that need to be; plus its a 6"d/w pipe to a 5.5 adapter.so the trim ring would not hang properly.
Probably not the nicest install ever done; but thats another dicussion.

Found a plug to fit in the trim ring, and cut the center out. Covers up 90% of all the mess.

I'll post a pic of the finished product once the paint dries and its in place!

 

[pen]

I'm guessing this opens into a complete masonry chimney? Is there a clay crock here? If so, why not use an adapter that expands to the correct size and fits the clay crock?

 

[bholler]

Are you just worried about the aesthetics? if so a simple trim ring will fix that. We cement all our snouts in with chamber tech or a similar product made for coating smoke chambers it has reinforcing fibers and insulation in it it holds up well.

 

[NSDave]

Sorry ; I should have mentioned that it connects to an ss liner so it IS just for looks. I'd need something a little more than a trim ring as the black double wall isn't right to the chimney something like a trim ring with a piece that would overlap the black pipe and inch or two.

 

[bholler]

Why do you need to over lap the black pipe? If you dont like the bare stainless paint it. There are high temp stainless paints out there. So use a trim ring to cover the ugly furnace cement and paint the stainless

 

[NSDave]

Well ; I never thought of that; but yes. Paint. I'm over complicating it.

thanks bholler

 

[bholler]

you are welcome. I cant tell you how many times something like that has happened to me i am trying to come up with some complicated solution when there is an obvious one staring me in the face.

 

[NHcpa]

Beholler, attached is my straight non-insulated pipe up to chimney with clay liner. should I have a collar, thimble....? Respectfully submitted!

 

[NSDave]

And DONE.

 

[bholler]

good deal that should work fine

 

[NSDave]

Thanks again bholler. I DID use the paint to touch up cut marks and the few spots I hat to file down some edges.

I patched the visible area with some HI Temp cement that I had already.

With paint ; It was about a $20 fix

 

[bholler]

Yeah nice solution and cheap to