It's Long Enough to Get 14" Up into that Flue @ Least - Tapered & Tight Fitting as Pipe is Large _ I Cut a 1ft Slot into It
40yrs ago to Form Taper . .
I did 2 Different Investigations into Attic Area of Breeze Way / Den
Room that Heads to Dual Garage which is on Pad .. Above & Below - Twice Each . . with Tubs of Fire Clay . . I did Find
2100F Degree stuff & Pulled Lose Mortar Off Smoke Chamber Built Out _ & Brick up in Small Crawl Attic - might be 5ft in Middle
I went through 4-5 Tubes of that..
When I Pulled Gas Unit I Mixed Fire clay & also repaired some Fire Bricks - that - were in Original Fire Box Below Smoke Chamber ..
Added in a Good Layer & there about 4" on Sides & 12" Above VC Insert then Smoke Chamber Begins .. on Bottom there was at Least
35 lbs of White Sand in Back away from Hearth 0044 Wheels Rolled into that . . Nicely but Pipe was a " B " getting into Position . .
After several Adjustments & Pulling on Inside Handle Thank God for that Great Pipe . . as It's a Dual Flue & with Fireplace in Basement
There's a Dog Leg in Chamber . . Which Allowed Me to Climb Up on this Beast & Ride , Oh Joy 2 Days Later . .
In Fact I'll be Doing another Trip Up into this Area with IR Gun in Back Pack with Tools & 4 Cans of Fire Foam as I have Found a Big Leak . . Between
Upper - & - Lower Wall ~ First Floor Ceiling at Back Side of this " Chimney " in Question . . Any & All Suggestion more
Then Welcome as I'm always Learning . . Please . .
There has been some Settling of Home of 40 yrs as to Poor Control of Water & Flash Flood Events ~ Which has Taken Me 4 Yrs to get a Handle on All of That !
( Another Big Under Taking ) Hence 9 Ply White Vapor Barrier & 40 Bags of Smooth Round Rocks Plus My 2 Loads of Bricks on Bottom ..
Water Controls out side - I could Fill a Book as Home is Positioned on 8-11 Degree Slope , Luckily were 85ft above all Low Land . .
Plus Another 100ft Higher then "Really Low Area's " about 1/2 Miles Away - that Do Flood from Time to Time ..
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