 Re: Chimney Liner questions
Flue liner is a refractory clay product. The older chimneys are made with plain terra cotta liners, and the one on my house in holding up fine after 105 years. Better than the soft red brick and the mortar holding it together, as a matter of fact. The stuff is so cheap, and it looks good to boot, that the only reason not to use it, in my book, is if you don't want the look or the weight of a masonry chimney.
I would NOT build a single wall stovepipe liner inside a masonry enclosure. That stuff is meant to attach wood stoves to chimneys, and it gets rotted out by the corrosive products of combustion, and is replaced every 3-5 years. That's going to be hard to do if it's built in. |