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If you live in an older home that was built before the 1940′s, your chimney was probably built without a clay tile liner. Starting in the 1940′s clay tile liners were built into the chimney during construction, and in more recent times many homes are built with prefabricated metal chimneys rather than with traditional brick and mortar ones.Read More

When you are considering installing a chimney liner, be sure to plan to include proper insulation in your design. You or your installer may be tempted to cut corners by putting a chimney liner inside the flue without insulating it, since it is cheaper and easier to do it that way, but the benefits of chimney liner insulation far outweigh the small cost of doing it properly.Read More

A chimney liner covers the inside surface of the flue, which is the opening inside the chimney that carries smoke and gases from the fireplace or other fuel burning appliance and safely vents them outside. Clay tile, cement, stainless steel and aluminum are common chimney liner materials. Here are seven benefits of a stainless steel chimney liner:Read More

The inside of the chimney is not something most homeowners spend a lot of time thinking about, at least as long as everything appears to be working properly. But, chimney problems can begin long before you are aware of them and if you ignore them too long you could endanger your family’s health and safety.Read More

If you have a wood burning fireplace, a fireplace insert, or a woodstove, you may be curious to know what is the best firewood to use. The simplest answer is that you should use the driest, best seasoned wood you can get. Dry wood will burn more completely than green wood, resulting in a hotter fire with less smoke. A cold, smoky fire that comes from using unseasoned wood will make more creosote build up in your chimney liner than you would have with dry firewood.Read More

If your chimney liner installation conforms to chimney liner industry standards, your chimney should give you many years of safe and efficient operation. A properly designed and installed chimney liner is a crucial part of your overall home fuel burning system.Read More

Your chimney and all of its related components make up a complex system that is subjected to many years of harsh operating conditions. Extreme temperature fluctuations inside the flue, deposition of corrosive compounds on the flue or liner walls, effects of weather on the outside of the chimney, and eventual deterioration of construction materials all combine to make it inevitable that chimney liner problems occur over time.Read More

A chimney liner T connector is one of several types of connectors used to properly connect the vent from a fuel burning appliance to the chimney liner. There are many kinds of prefabricated connectors designed to make installation of a chimney liner or other vent pipe easier and cheaper than it would be if a skilled pipe fitter had to construct the joints on site and custom fit them to the job.Read More

There are many benefits to installing a chimney liner inside your flue and there are a variety of materials that can be used in chimney liners. Chimney liners can be made of molded cement, clay tiles, rigid metal pipes or flexible metal pipes.Read More

There are some things you can do to prepare for installing your new chimney liner which will make the process easier and less expensive than it could be if you do not plan ahead adequately.Read More