When chimneys age or do not get yearly maintenance they can quickly degrade and produce hazardous conditions in your home. Split tiles and collapsing masonry can vent hazardous gases, smoke, or embers back into your home. House owners faced with a damaged chimney interior may decide to take the time and cost required to take down the existing chimney and have it replaced. For the majority of homeowners, the faster and more budget-friendly alternative is to have our local Elizabeth chimney repair experts reline your chimney with a stainless steel or aluminum insert.
<strong>Chimney relining</strong> is essential when the inner clay liner is split, degraded, over-sized, or no longer able to effectively ventilate the byproducts of wood burning, such as smoke, creosote, and soot. These conditions may be the result of a number of possible causes, including flue fires, an improperly vented or misused stove, substandard chimney construction, too much moisture, and more. Relining the chimney will improve efficiency and keep your house correctly ventilated.
From single, straight flues to multiple-fireplace connected flues with bends and size changes, our service technicians can reline virtually any chimney configuration you might have. We‘ve worked with all kinds of chimneys and know how to best approach taking out and replacing liners.
Chimney Service Experts restore chimneys by installing an insulated stainless-steel chimney liner between the flue and walls. Steel withstands damage commonly found in chimneys.
When you have a damaged or degrading chimney liner, or if you merely do not have a chimney liner at all (which is common in older homes), you are at risk of experiencing:
Not only does our chimney relining service safeguard your fireplace, it increases the resale market value of your house. Potential buyers will love to learn the fireplace has a long-lasting, durable liner.
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When chimney experts started lining chimneys– those liners were primarily made of terra cotta clay tiles.
Clay served its chimney-lining purpose well, holding up well against the effects of heat and the byproducts of fireplaces. However it does have its downsides. It’s common for the mortar joints between clay liner tiles to split or erode, leaving gaps that undermine the chimney’s capability to create and sustain proper draft, and permitting the heat to the chimney masonry.
And while terra cotta holds up fairly well against high heat, it has its limits– if even a percentage of creosote ignites and after that snuffs out, odds are the clay tiles will develop vertical fractures that will make relining the flue a necessity.
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