[Lincolnparkdc] Chimney Lining...

[Marcia Hoexter]

Hi Hill Neighbors,

We just had the chimney for our gas boiler and hot water heater relined and
I wanted to share this with you.

Last Tuesday we had our annual heating maintenance check - all was great.
He checked CO levels - it was at 0.  We have our boiler/furnace checked
annually - have been  here 8 years never had a problem.  On Friday morning,
we woke up with no heat.  I called our HVAC service company and the
technician came out that day.  After several diagnostics - he determined it
was the thermostat.  He replaced the thermostat in the house and another
one on the boiler.  All was good then the furnace went out.  This alerted
him to pull out the sheet metal housing above the boiler out of the exhaust
flue.  Here he found tons of rubble - disintegrated terracotta from the
lining of the flue, bricks, etc.  We still had a 0 rating on CO but he was
very concerned that further build up would block the exhaust and cause a
back up.  One more earthquake and we would be toast.

We were able to get a company out Friday afternoon.  He went up on the roof
and saw the disintegration from the top.

It's interesting that no one had ever brought this to our attention,
especially since we get a yearly maintenance check, but apparently removing
the housing from the flue is not routine.

We now have a stainless steel liner in the flue, a new cap on the chimney
and peace of mind.

Marcia
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