Liner quotes are where chimney work gets confusing for owners, because two contractors can look at the same flue and one says $400 of repointing and the other says $4,500 of stainless. Often both are describing something real. The question is what the flue is going to be used for. What a liner is for […]
When a Chimney Needs a Liner, and When It Does Not Read More »
If a house leaks at a chimney — and in Gresham, with eight months of rain a year, a lot of them do — the odds are heavily against the masonry being the cause. It is the joint between two trades: the roofer’s flashing and the mason’s wall. Why this joint is hard A chimney
Chimney Flashing and Counter-Flashing: The Joint That Leaks Read More »
When a Tarrytown house gets a new high-efficiency furnace, the old masonry chimney usually stops being a flue and starts being a liability. Nobody plans for it. The heating contractor is finished, the chimney is still standing, and for the next twenty years it quietly takes on water. Why an abandoned chimney deteriorates faster A
Chases, Flues and Abandoned Chimneys: What to Do With Them Read More »
