Liner dropped! How to raise it up?

[crowinghen]

Hubby was cleaning the liner today getting ready for burning season . He noticed that the liner has come out of the clamp and dropped about a foot. What's the best method of lifting it up so it can be reclamped? Flexible corrugated liner. Thanks

 

[brenndatomu]

Some pics of exactly what you are working with will help us help you...

 

[stovelark]

It sometimes happens. Someone would get on roof, pull back up and through top plate and tighten it down. I'd check on resealing top too. Good luck with it.

 

[crowinghen]

It sometimes happens. Someone would get on roof, pull back up and through top plate and tighten it down. I'd check on resealing top too. Good luck with it.

we're trying to figure out how to grab the liner to pull it back up- seems lik we need something wedged inside it to pull

 

[crowinghen]

 

[stovelark]

If you can reach in with gloves on (stainless loves to cut!), grab it and pull it up, always good to have two people. Hope there is enough give to get it back out and have enough tension to hold it down after you've re-attached. Two hands with vise-grips might be easier, whatever you can grab it with...

 

[brenndatomu]

Is it just me, or does like liner look screwed up?
As far as pulling it up...I'd find a smaller kids kickball, deflate it, wrap a tiedown strap around it, stuff it into the liner, hand pump the ball back full, then you should be able to pull on the strap, held in by the ball....I dunno, might work, might not.
Edit: Or maybe its an insulated liner, and I'm seeing the inner liner and insulation?

 

[stovelark]

Looked different to me too, but I do believe that its a lined system too. I kinda like the ball trick too, whatever works...

 

[crowinghen]

It's supposed to be insulated, but it looks weird to me also. Greet idea about the ball

 

[Ctwoodtick]

I would just be careful using tools to pick up the liner so you don’t damage it.

 

[crowinghen]

this is the liner we have
https://royalfirepits.com/products/...j0KI8XBY3013wvF_Bh_eTNkFb102lVH0D0vNfXI0UscUL

 

[bholler]

this is the liner we have
https://royalfirepits.com/products/...j0KI8XBY3013wvF_Bh_eTNkFb102lVH0D0vNfXI0UscUL

It looks like the outer wasnt cut back so the clamp was on.the inner

 

[crowinghen]

 

[crowinghen]

we used a boat fender( uninflated) put it in the pipe, used this handheld air compressor- inflated it to 10 psi then brought it up. clamped it in, then deinflated the bumper, tightening the clamp as we did.
Just in case anyone runs into this issue. we'd called two different chimney people, one said he'd call but never did, so we figured it out.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Congrats was getting it safely up and secured and also with not having to pay someone 200 bucks to come do it for you.

 

[EbS-P]

we used a boat fender( uninflated) put it in the pipe, used this handheld air compressor- inflated it to 10 psi then brought it up. clamped it in, then deinflated the bumper, tightening the clamp as we did.
Just in case anyone runs into this issue. we'd called two different chimney people, one said he'd call but never did, so we figured it out.

You should win an award! Maybe even a high level government job! We need more people thinking like you making decisions!

 

[begreen]

we used a boat fender( uninflated) put it in the pipe, used this handheld air compressor- inflated it to 10 psi then brought it up. clamped it in, then deinflated the bumper, tightening the clamp as we did.
Just in case anyone runs into this issue. we'd called two different chimney people, one said he'd call but never did, so we figured it out.

Well done! Love a happy ending. Take a peek at the connection at the flue collar on the insert and make sure it is still properly in place.

 

[brenndatomu]

we used a boat fender( uninflated) put it in the pipe, used this handheld air compressor- inflated it to 10 psi then brought it up. clamped it in, then deinflated the bumper, tightening the clamp as we did.
Just in case anyone runs into this issue. we'd called two different chimney people, one said he'd call but never did, so we figured it out.

Excellent modification of the ball idea...that's almost custom made for the job!

 

[stovelark]

Effort and ingenuity = Good results. Glad you got her fixed with no one getting hurt or cutup too! Everytime I work with a liner, it seems I get my shares of scrapes and cuts, have left a lot of DNA over the years...

 

[stoveliker]

very nicely done!

Everytime I work with a liner, it seems I get my shares of scrapes and cuts, have left a lot of DNA over the years...

no worries, it'll burn off

 

[crowinghen]

Well done! Love a happy ending. Take a peek at the connection at the flue collar on the insert and make sure it is still properly in place.

Yeah it came off at the bottom, that part wasn't clamped right either, so we're getting the proper connector to redo it ourselves.

 

[stovelark]

Wow- glad you checked it, and good job for reminding BG! This for an insert? The liner stove adaptor should slide inside the flue connector and get connected with screws through the flue collar. And nice on being able to take care of this yourself.

 

[crowinghen]

Wow- glad you checked it, and good job for reminding BG! This for an insert? The liner stove adaptor should slide inside the flue connector and get connected with screws through the flue collar. And nice on being able to take care of this yourself.

yeah, the installer pretty much sucked on the install- it was held togeother(?) with foil tape. when they installed it they didn't adapt for the insulated liner ( bigger OD) and they had tried to tape/ cement it. I have the proper adapter coming.
We for sure were checking that the liner hadn't been pulled off of the adapter after we pulled it up.

 

[stonybolt]

yeah, the installer pretty much sucked on the install- it was held togeother(?) with foil tape. when they installed it they didn't adapt for the insulated liner ( bigger OD) and they had tried to tape/ cement it. I have the proper adapter coming.
We for sure were checking that the liner hadn't been pulled off of the adapter after we pulled it up.

Foil tape and cement on that connection is some real "out of sight, out of mind" work. Proper adapter should make the whole setup a lot less sketchy.