re-crowning and bluestone cap project - some advice

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Feeling the Heat
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Nov 13, 2008
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Central Maine
Hoping to get rolling repairing my chimney crown and installing a bluestone cap this weekend - Have a question for those of you with masonry caps on brick chimneys: How many courses above the crown? Looks like standard is 3 to 4, that sound about right?

Thanks guys,
Jim
 
I went higher, but I have a really big chimney AND originally planned for a flue-top damper that needed some room to swing... I'll add a pic.
 

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