New wood stove, old chimney

[Andreagsclark]

Hey y’all,
I live in a house built in 1823. Though the chimneys eyeball well, I don’t trust them. I wanted to line the chimney, but after trying to no avail to get an estimate on this, I decided to just get a wood stove and run a pipe up through the chimney.
The only person I could get to give me any kind of estimate said I’d still need to line the chimney separately and recommended tearing down the chimney and rebuilding.
Does this sound true? Surely if I run a pipe up the length of the chimney and slightly beyond that would be safe? Do modern pipes get hot on the outside? I thought that was one of the benefits of a modern pipe and wood stove?
Thanks for any help! Regards, Andrea

 

[bholler]

Hey y’all,
I live in a house built in 1823. Though the chimneys eyeball well, I don’t trust them. I wanted to line the chimney, but after trying to no avail to get an estimate on this, I decided to just get a wood stove and run a pipe up through the chimney.
The only person I could get to give me any kind of estimate said I’d still need to line the chimney separately and recommended tearing down the chimney and rebuilding.
Does this sound true? Surely if I run a pipe up the length of the chimney and slightly beyond that would be safe? Do modern pipes get hot on the outside? I thought that was one of the benefits of a modern pipe and wood stove?
Thanks for any help! Regards, Andrea

Yes a liner will get hot on the outside. Its possible the chimney is in bad enough shape its not worth lining we dont know. Its also possible an insulated liner will not fit in the chimney

 

[Andreagsclark]

Yes it’s asking a lot of everyone’s magic powers to somehow know what my chimney is like. Haha.
Does 10k sound reasonable to tear down a chimney and rebuild? And again-unless you live in NAla I know prices vary.
Any other ideas? How do folk run a pipe through the wall, if it gets hot?

 

[begreen]

Is there a clay liner in the chimney or is it raw brick inside? What is the ID?

 

[Andreagsclark]

I think it’s just brick. It was relined with firebrick probably on the 1920s to make it smaller for coal fires.

 

[begreen]

Sounds like it will require an insulated liner if kept. That should be less than 10k. What is the chimney ID?

What was the 10k estimate for, a metal chimney replacement or new brick?

 

[Andreagsclark]

Sounds like it will require an insulated liner if kept. That should be less than 10k. What is the chimney ID?

What was the 10k estimate for, a metal chimney replacement or new brick?

What does chimney ID mean? The 10k was to take the chimney down, replace any bricks that needed it(tho they had t identified any) and rebuild with a ceramic liner. They don’t mention an insulated liner.

Thanks for that info! I will ask about an insulated liner. I’ll also google it!

 

[bholler]

I think it’s just brick. It was relined with firebrick probably on the 1920s to make it smaller for coal fires.

It couldn't have been relined with firebrick. It had to be built that way. And firebrick is a perfectly acceptable lining material

 

[begreen]

ID = inner dimensions