What is the best chimney liner?

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john26

Minister of Fire
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Oct 27, 2008
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Wildwood MO
I spent the day insulated chimney liners, I am not 100% happy with the liners I purchased but its a little late now. One liner is FireFlex Smooth Wall 316Ti .013 thick and the other is .006 durvent duraflex 304ss. After working with this I wished I would have done more research. Both seem very easy to kink.
 
A medium or heavy weight single wall liner is your best bet from what I have read. Mine is rigid single wall but that seems to be less common.
 
I spent the day insulated chimney liners, I am not 100% happy with the liners I purchased but its a little late now. One liner is FireFlex Smooth Wall 316Ti .013 thick and the other is .006 durvent duraflex 304ss. After working with this I wished I would have done more research. Both seem very easy to kink.
Yeah both are light wall liners and will kink easily. I really don't like the smooth wall stuff
 
what is a good brand to buy?
 
These folks sell decent liners. Get it in medium or heavyweight.
 
Woodland is the only one of those 3 that sells thicker wall liner
 
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I like Excel
 
Excel rigid liner is what we had for the old insert before I tore out the fireplace. It was a nice, tough liner. So tough that when we went through an earthquake the chimney top rotated 45º, but was held in place by the liner and the siliconed top cap. :eek: The neighbors' chimney tops collapsed.