Its a straight shot about 25 foot down the chimney then it makes about a 10 degree turn one way followed by a 10 degree turn in the opposite direction. I think it got stuck on the first turn. I can lift the liner up and push downwards as hard as I feel safe but at 40' in the air with just a ladder I can feel the rest of the liner swinging around and it is a bit unnerving. I decided it was too much for what I am comfortable with so I was going to call a professional. Who will be willing to come out and just get the liner the rest of the way in? I don't mind doing the rest but it probably won't take but 15 minutes for anyone who knows what they are doing. What should I do?
SS Liner stuck 3/4 way down the chimney
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Do you have a pulling cone on the liner or at least have the bottom end mashed into a cone shape with a rope attached to pull it through? Are you trying to install it by yourself or is their one person on top feeding it down with another at the bottom pulling it through?
Try rotating the tube from the top, until it clears. By nature these things are bent one direction or another.... So by rotating I managed to get mine past my turn without difficulty....
Rockey said:
They were rhetorical questions. :lol:
I feel your pain. I stabbed both of my liners by myself. Well, the second was by myself after I asked my neighbor to please stop helping before he got me killed.
Ok I took a peek up the chimney with a flashlight. It is simply hung up on the mortar between the clay liner sections. I'm going back up and am going to get this thing down by spwiveling it around as sl7vk mentioned. If I dont make it back to post - you'll know why.
Slip the top plate on that puppy and clamp it until you figure out where to get a piece of pipe or liner for the top. You don't want it slipping down out of reach.
Either that or wrap a piece of rope around it and tie it off.
Either that or wrap a piece of rope around it and tie it off.
Rockey said:
S'what I would do. The liner places sell sleeves for joining two sections of liner. I would buy a length of stainless pipe and pop rivet a sleeve to the liner and the piece of pipe to the sleeve. Either that or a piece of liner and a sleeve. If you get liner, get plenty. You still have to reach down to the stove.
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