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Transition from brick to metal

camiarrobino
camiarrobino Member Posts: 83
in Chimneys & Flues
Is it possible or common to transition from brick chimney to metal chimney just from the roof up? If so, would it require a liner the whole way down to the oil burner in the basement?

Weighing out what my options would be if I wanted to eliminate my old, leaky chimney that my oil furnace vents into. It's flashed properly, the issue is the brick is so old and porous (I do seal it every so often with a masonry sealer and this helps)

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  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,004
    A insulated stainless liner all the way down will protect the flue passage from blockage from loose chimney material....

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,693
    Yes it is possible. Bit of a patchwork, but possible. But if you go metal there, you need to keep on going all the way down.

    If it were mine, I'd get a good chminey mason up there (they do exist) and replace what brick needed replacing -- probably most of it, if it has been "sealed" at some point, which ruins it. But that's me.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England

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