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Tomorrow is Install Day!

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Cyclist77
Cyclist77 Member Posts: 166
in Chimneys & Flues

With the help of a few friends the SS liner will be installed tomorrow morning.

I shut down my coal stoker boiler as my coal supply was ended and removed the old flue pipe. Then vacuumed the remaining fly ash and cleaned the thimble.

Just for fun I stuck a mirror inside and got a view of a clear shot to the sky!

While we are up on the roof I will make a template up that will serve as a guide for a SS fluecap for all 3 flues. That will be a winter project !

Next will be to "unpipe" the old boiler and start the new install.

pecmsgEBEBRATT-EdEdTheHeaterMan

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,231

    Sounds like fun.

  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 6,289
    edited July 20

    remember to take care of the install people.

    plenty of water
    A cold one after they’re done is always appreciated

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • Cyclist77
    Cyclist77 Member Posts: 166

    A cold one is a good idea! I will get the hose out!

    9326ysshEdTheHeaterMan
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,231

    Just don't drink before you go on the roof LOL

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,490

    as i mentioned before, my uncles and cousins used to…

  • Cyclist77
    Cyclist77 Member Posts: 166

    Well what I thought was going to be an easy install had a few bumps! A 5.5" liner would normally fit in a 8x13 flue except for all the protruding mortar! Up down up down twist it on way then another and 35 feet later we are 6" from the final location and it's jammed! Made short work of it with a big hammer and a bar ! The snout or horizontal part is in place and I mixed up a batch of mortar.

    Job done!

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,490

    when i did it i ended up getting an oval tee and "field ovalizing" the liner. I drilled and secured the bottom cap with machine bolts and nuts and attached a piece of hanger iron to the tee and tied a rope to that.

  • Cyclist77
    Cyclist77 Member Posts: 166

    An ovalised tee have been great.

  • tim smith
    tim smith Member Posts: 2,876

    We have had to have a mason in during the install, he opened up a hole in the middle of chimney so we could coax the liner through the offset, then rebricked when we finished. Nice to have a Mason on your phone list.

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