There were a couple of glitches and first time experiences. I have never wittnessed a chimney without a masonry cap. That's right two clay flues with nothing but the brick outer walls. The only thing on the top was a metal vent cap. It was held on with 4 tapcon screws and caulk.. The Caulk is what held the bricks together. Both top clay flues could be moved like gear shifts. I mean there was just open space no cap. The wierdest setup I seen. The fireplace flue 8/12 with a 45degree offset. There was no way to get a 6" liner down there with insulation in tact. the stove its self was in the garage on a dolly but we had to get it up the front 6 stairs then into the house. Nothing went real easy. I could have never accoplished what we did today without fellow member GVA.
With practically no crearance and the liner at times scrapping the flue, there was no way to get a direct shot line up to the flue collar. GVA pushing down Turner feeding him the liner
and me laying in the fire box pulling on the rope. The liner got stuck a couple of times and GVA an I hade to move it back up and down finally a piece of motar broke loose. Naturally all the crud was falling on my face. I manouvered the liner past the damper plate. Again a strange setup. The one place I would want to cut the damper was filled with solid bricks above made cutting useless. If we cut to the rear, it would make more room but place the liner further away from the stove flue collar. This was not a walk in the park install. I'm typing this post only minutes ariving back home. Here is what we accomplished. Liner installed, termination cap in stalled, stove connected using a black adjustiable elbow, god only knows that angle adjustment. No time to install the damper block off plate. Total beers, the way this job went, not enough. GVA no way could I have done without you, your the man.
Turner lucked out and bought a practicall refurbished home Btw a real good guy. He tried the holtz stacking but it keeps falling over. It turned into work and not a party. We three did discuss the forum and some members. To some it is best not repeating the general consenses we arrrived at Roo you were brought up Harry too can't have aconversation on the hearth. if BB were not mentioned. Hard to politically peg any of us we all drive pickup trucks
With practically no crearance and the liner at times scrapping the flue, there was no way to get a direct shot line up to the flue collar. GVA pushing down Turner feeding him the liner
and me laying in the fire box pulling on the rope. The liner got stuck a couple of times and GVA an I hade to move it back up and down finally a piece of motar broke loose. Naturally all the crud was falling on my face. I manouvered the liner past the damper plate. Again a strange setup. The one place I would want to cut the damper was filled with solid bricks above made cutting useless. If we cut to the rear, it would make more room but place the liner further away from the stove flue collar. This was not a walk in the park install. I'm typing this post only minutes ariving back home. Here is what we accomplished. Liner installed, termination cap in stalled, stove connected using a black adjustiable elbow, god only knows that angle adjustment. No time to install the damper block off plate. Total beers, the way this job went, not enough. GVA no way could I have done without you, your the man.
Turner lucked out and bought a practicall refurbished home Btw a real good guy. He tried the holtz stacking but it keeps falling over. It turned into work and not a party. We three did discuss the forum and some members. To some it is best not repeating the general consenses we arrrived at Roo you were brought up Harry too can't have aconversation on the hearth. if BB were not mentioned. Hard to politically peg any of us we all drive pickup trucks
