I have a 40 year old house with a brick chimney with no lining and want an open fire, do i need to get it lined?
2006-11-12 05:37:52 · 6 answers · asked by Theoc 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If its a class one flue IE 9" brick flue lined with glazed pipe or just bare brick then it will be OK for an open fire. Chances are at 40 years old its hardly seen a bit of coal.Central heating and the clean air act was just coming into force prohibiting the use of coal fires. Certainly put a smoke pellet up to test the pull of the flue, warm the flue with a gas torch or a burning paper torch first and check in the loft area for smell of the smoke pellet. Also look outside to see that smoke only exits one chimney pot.
Heating engineer of 40 years +
2006-11-12 06:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How To Line A Chimney
2016-11-12 04:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a professional take the liability; pay to get an inspection and let him try to give it a go with a smoke bomb or a small fire.
i have seen cases where there is bricks are up against a joist between the 1st and 2nd floors and the mortar wasn't in place
that would've been a bad night in front of the fire if they had it roaring
liners work great except if the mason put a few offsets in the chimney
2006-11-12 08:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Specialist Ed :Þ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a tester - like a smoke bomb- for about £1.00. You put it in yout grate, light it and see what happens. Once lit you follow the chimney through all the rooms in your house and you check to see if any smoke excapes through the walls. Also worth going outside to see if the smoke comes out of the top ok. If all is ok ie no smoke anywhere but outside at top of chimney you should be ok.
Local fireplace shop should see the testers.
2006-11-12 05:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the chimney is that old I would have it inspected, if you get a chimney sweep to clean it out they can check for any bad areas, I would have it inspected first before relining as getting a chimney relined isn't that cheap.
2006-11-12 05:44:36 · answer #5 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree w/ Tilly Tot. If you are going to really USE the fireplace it should be lined. This could be accomplished by adding ceramic tile (probably VERY expensive), adding a metal liner (probably cheapest), or thouroughly cleaning the existing brick flue and lining it with refractory cement (possibly the most secure)
2006-11-12 05:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Richard S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you shouldnt need to get it lined to burn coal or wood if thats what the chimney was designed for. your house isnt that old it may have been designed for a gas appliance.
2006-11-12 05:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by derek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋