I'll be the first to admit that I am a nervous person and I over think things, which in turn gets me more nervous and worked up. I am also fairly handy with building things and done a good deal of automotive work. So when I decided it would be cheap insurance to line the chimney, I figured I could just order a kit and install it. Or could I? I spent countless hours pouring over the internet and Hearth.com reading install instructions and posts from people who, like myself, didn't know if they could install it themselves. Finally, I decided it was time to crap or get off the pot. The chimney is virtually a straight shot to the basement. I figured I would only need about 18' of liner. I started to get nervous again when I realized that the inside flue dimensions were just under 7"x7" and that the OD of the liner was close to 6.5". It didn't leave a lot of room for flues to be off center or for mortar globs to be sticking out. Couple that with the fact there was a big screw sticking off the side of the connector for the clamp, I was getting a little nervous that I was in over my head. But, I was on the roof already and figured that I would rather try and fail than pay someone else to do a job that I maybe could have done myself. So, I started feeding the liner in. A couple feet in, the liner got snagged, but a slight turn is all it took to free it and down it went. A few more snags were encountered, but twisting the liner took care of those as well. Total elapsed time to actually get the liner down the chimney and connect the T at the bottom: 15 minutes
And I did the whole thing without so much as an extra person at the bottom end holding the T snout!
The moral of the story is that these liners are unbelievably easy to install! I'll add some pictures this weekend once I get the bottom T mortared in and the top plate sealed off. But I just thought I'd stop for a minute and say thank you to all the people who have posted on liners in the past. I appreciate all the help and ideas I get from this board. Who knew a forum on wood stoves would be so helpful?!?!
And I did the whole thing without so much as an extra person at the bottom end holding the T snout!The moral of the story is that these liners are unbelievably easy to install! I'll add some pictures this weekend once I get the bottom T mortared in and the top plate sealed off. But I just thought I'd stop for a minute and say thank you to all the people who have posted on liners in the past. I appreciate all the help and ideas I get from this board. Who knew a forum on wood stoves would be so helpful?!?!
