[Lincolnparkdc] Chimney Lining...

[Mark Adelson]

The joys of home ownership!

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 2:14 PM Marcia Hoexter <mhoexter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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