chimney cap

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    Do we need an additional top plate and rain cap for our chimney liner?

    Hi all, Fireplace insert inheritor/newbies here with a question we hope you can answer... We recently purchased a house SE Michigan (1963 vintage) with a wood burning fireplace insert and blower in the fireplace (Lopi Freedom Bay Fireplace Insert, installed in 2007) which we are excited about...
  2. W

    Chimney Cap? What is this called?

    Getting our Lopi Large Flush Wood NexGen-Hybrid™ Rect. Insert installed has been pretty frustrating. This was supposed to happen in June, but the morning of, the supervisor of the install team had a minor heart attack on the way to pick up our stove and got into a car accident. Then, in the...
  3. J

    LP Fireplace Insert Not Starting Properly

    I recently installed a KozyHeat Chaska 29 LP Fireplace Insert in my old existing wood fireplace/chimney, and it is having difficulty starting up during cold/windy days. All connections are solid, and I actually fabricated my own chimney cap. With the chimney cap, I used(2) 3" duct 90 deg elbows...
  4. J

    Rebuilding Chimney Conduit after Foundation Repairs

    Hello fellow homebuilders/renovators, I recently had to repair some foundation cracks in my home, which required the removal of a 10-foot brick wall in the basement. As a result, I need to rebuild the wall and, more importantly, reinstall the chimney conduit properly. I have two chimneys in my...
  5. S

    Old Chimney, New Gas Fireplace

    Hi all! I just got a (very high!) estimate for my chimney project, and I'm trying to figure out if there's an easier way to accomplish the same goal, which is a working, vented gas fireplace. Context: I live in an old rowhouse with an original chimney on an interior wall that was at one point...
    • smnm507
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    • b-vent chimney cap gas fireplace
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    • Forum: It's a Gas!
  6. SoOhioBurner

    New member, former frequent visitor, review of my setup

    New member here, but I used Hearth.com last summer to help me decide what stove to purchase, how to configure my chimney, etc. And I'm glad I did. I purchased a Drolet Escape 2100 last September from MFP and installed it along with a 14' DuraBlack/Duraplus chimney in my mancave which has a...
  7. S

    Chimney Repair

    Hello, My wife and I purchased a house recently with a gorgeous masonry fireplace. The previous owners used it quite a bit, and we are excited to do so, too. The home inspection noted a few small cracks that we knew we wanted to look at, but the inspection the owners had done a few months...
  8. S

    Liner and cap on a 100 year old Chimney with rectangular flue

    I need some advice getting my chimney lined and capped. Per my thread on choosing a stove, I plan on having Jotul F45 or Hearthstone Craftsbury professionally installed by the dealer. However the chimney needs to have the top courses reset, and the dealer is not a mason, so I need to solve that...
  9. T

    Advise on storm collars

    hello to all, Recently discovered that I had a leak coming down my chimney pipe( stainless double insulated 6 inch pipe/ 30 foot) and discovered that the calking has failed around my storm collar. Desided to use leak stopper( heavy tar plastic type material) I was wondering if it is safe to use...
  10. C

    Stovepipe reducer problem -- Rain getting in help!

    Help! I paid a local Anchorage company (Alaska Chimney Sweep) to install my new fireplace insert because Allstate told me it had to be professionally done to be covered. After paying $900+, the installer told me she would get her "sheet metal guy" to fab a part to cover the old stove pipe hole...
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    new chimney cap

    I have a good quality chimney cap (topping a six inch pipe), but it has a very fine animal-proofing mesh. During our extremely cold winters, the mesh allows creosote to build up. I like having the fine mesh in the summers, since we have bats, flying squirrels, and swifts where I live, but I'd...
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    chimney cap mesh getting clogged

    I have an Alderlea T4, and burn mostly birch, and much of our winter is quite cold. My chimney cap has a very fine mesh (about 2/3 inch squares), and during the cold weather, a fine growth of soot starts to grow on the mesh. In as little as two weeks, the mesh can get grown over with soot, and...
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