Chimney - Kitchen Appliances - Kitchen Appliances


How much to get the lead flashing around a chimney replaced?

Nov 23, 2009 by Yatuja | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I currently tangible in a 1950's brick built enterprise and have a leak from around the chimney. We have had a quote from a close by roofer to replace all the lead flashing around the chimney of about £800. Does this complain reasonable? Just it seems a lot to me, i know vanguard is expensive.

I don't remember what Garry would use. Chewing gum maybe. Fool is recognised as the only satisfactory material for roof and chimney flashing. A profit job should last the best part of 100 years.
If there is anything elevate surpass, I would love to know.
£800 is a bit steep. Fancy you he is including scaffolding, a leadworker to put the flashing, the cost of the lead, his metre, plus a tidy profit.
I would in at least three leadworkers, not builders. It may also pay you to arrange the scaffolding yourself. If you cut out the builder and have to do with directly with the leadworker you will save profit and get a decent job done. Few builders are good at leadwork, but they will have a go as its all well-heeled to them.

BARRY B | Nov 23, 2009

Do I have to have insulation in my chimney around the liner?

Mar 15, 2007 by nakitahagopian | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

My chimney is old and I upstanding got a new high efficient furnace which is causing effloressence to make through the chimney walls - I need a chimney liner. I neediness to know why they pour insulation mix top to bottom in the chimney after installing the liner.

No, superficially they will pull the liner and will hook the appliance to it including the tone down heater, most 82% eff. furnaces order a liner because the condensation they produce is acidic, about like orange pith and this will attack the morter in the chimney, no insulation is required.


Paul

Paul D | Mar 15, 2007


Chimney Inspection - Home Inspection

www.mindbites.com Chimneys are ladylike features in homes, but can be iffy and movement harbour fires, if not suitably maintained and repaired. Learn ...

Cops: Atlanta teen arrested after being stuck inside chimney for 10 hours

01.01.70

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that 17-year-old Ranaldo Jack was lifted from the chimney by a rope around 1:30 p.m. After freeing him, firefighters said that he had been stuck there since 3 a.m. Tuesday.

CBS station WGCL said neighbor Laura Chaparro heard someone yelling for help from her neighbor's chimney. "We were talking to him, 'What are you doing down there?' He just said, 'Ah, I'm stupid," she said.

Police Cpl. Jake Smith told the newspaper that after Jack was brought down the rescue ladder, the teen was charged with burglary and giving false information to a police officer. He allegedly lied about his name to a police officer at the scene.

The AJC said the owner of the home had no idea someone was stuck in her chimney until she came home to find TV crews there. "Police and everything around the house ... It looks like a tornado touched down," Tsehianesh Kidane told the station. She was not home when Jack got stuck in the chimney.

Source: CBS News

Tips for finding quake damage

01.01.70

BY PORTSIA SMITH

Earthquake damage may be hard to find, since it may appear to be just normal home wear and tear.

But officials with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency say that "hidden" damage can present major safety hazards that need to be detected and repaired.

State and federal officials say taking the following steps will help homeowners spot any earthquake damage that may not have been immediately apparent after the quake.

Examine the entire outside of the structure for collapse or obvious movement off the foundation.

Check the ground for areas where the ground may have shifted. Are there any breaks in fence lines or other structures that might indicate nearby damage?

Does the building look crooked or out of plumb?

Is the floor or roof pulling away or separated from the building supports?

Does the floor feel bouncy, soggy or mushy when you walk on it? This may indicate damage under the floor.

Source: The Free Lance-Star

The Daily Press - Ashland, WI > News > Chimney fire claims White ...

A unmitigated of seven fire-fighting units responded, with requited aid units from Washburn, Mason and Ashland.  A entire of 20 personnel turned out to hostilities the inferno. There were no injuries to firefighters or civilians in fighting the fire. Also responding to the fire was Xcel Dash. In reckoning, the Red Grouchy was notified about the fire.

Source: The Daily Press - Ashland, WI > News > Chimney fire claims White ...

Chimney - News


Chimney Rock is a rare sight
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jan 01, 1970
Members of the Hastings Environmental Protectors hiked nigh Chimney Roll in Marshan Township near Hastings as they looked for birds and cleaned up the neighbourhood. The prop, nearing 30 feet gangling and the last such normally sculpted broken-down tower of strength in Dakota

Indianola house fire started around chimney
Kitsap Sun - Jan 01, 1970
By rod INDIANOLA — A man devastated the Fern Row poorhouse he was erection and most of his possessions when a chimney fire spread to close to all of the partly completed house Friday vespers all the time. North Kitsap Fire & Release crews were dispatched at and more »

Nation's Oldest City: British surprised by rarity of chimneys in St. Augustine
St. Augustine Record - Jan 01, 1970
Realm's Oldest Metropolis: British surprised by collector's item of chimneys in St. AugustineI was reminded of the comments by British visitors to St. Augustine in the in 1760s that the Spanish houses had no fireplaces and no chimneys. Spain had turned Florida over to Mammoth Britain in 1763 as part of covenant negotiations after the French and