8 Oct
2012
8 Oct
'12
3:29 p.m.
time to get it fixed i would say being ur chimny
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:17 PM, jim s <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
On 10/8/2012 10:59 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
there is a code required keepout
between chimneys and hot exhausts that
must not have combustibles there. If you are in a situation where they
took an old brick chimney and lined it with a stainless insert it probably
isn't the problem you would have if it were not. Usually they don't trust
masonry w/o lining it after it gets old for gas and heat leaks anyway.
But if you are running something the creates creosote inside the system,
you might have a fire which could set off your conduit if it isn't
fireproof. Creosote fires for wood are common if you have the right
conditions.
I have a house I can't get insured because of old masonry chimney which
isn't based on the ground. but that's a way long off topic story.
jim
I was just
lucky enough that the folks who had rehabbed the house
Off the computer topic here,
but on topic of not burning your house down, back in the '80s and added an HVAC system had
left extra space
around the old chimney when they put in the duct work (and also
lucky that said space intersected my office).