Installing Chimney Liner For Wood Insert

Chimney liners are a necessity if you own a home with a wood or gas or pellet or corn burning fireplace.

Installing chimney liner for wood insert.

This demonstration will show a basic installation but a chimney liner kit can be customized to fit any particular chimney. Stainless steel chimney liners are installed inside of your chimney flue to vent furnaces gas fireplaces wood or pellet stoves and just about any other appliance that burns gas or wood if your home or fireplace is more than 15 years old don t be surprised during an annual inspection or chimney cleaning if it s recommended that you have a flue liner installed to. Please remember these liners are sold in 5 increments 15 20 25 so for instance an 18 chimney will need a 20 liner. This new chimney liner when sized correctly for the wood stove or insert is less likely to be a problem.

For the average homeowner having a chimney liner installed costs about 2 500 for more expensive materials prices tend to average at 5 000 and could climb to 7 000 with an easy to install material like aluminum the diy cost of materials and equipment could be as low as 625. From the roof insert the stainless steel liner into the chimney and feed it all the way down to the fireplace. A thick tarry smoke rises from every fire you burn and without a liner it will stick to the walls of your chimney and create a fire hazard. Install a chimney cap to the top of the chimney.

The stainless steel chimney liner connector in this demonstration we will be featuring a two part tee connection top plate and rain cap. Pull down on the vent liner then screw the adapter elbow to the top of the fireplace insert. This method provides the most efficiency and is the easiest to sweep and inspect. Apply a continuous bead of high temperature silicone sealant around the top edge of the flue tile protruding from the chimney.

Have helper on roof raise the chimney liner to the correct height then from inside the fireplace flatten the mesh base plate with a rubber mallet. Pull the flexible liner into the room and attach the mesh base plate. Every basic chimney liner kit is going to come with four main components.