Questions about your chimney? Call our receptionist, Kari, at 320.414.0191. She picks up weekdays, 9 to 5.
The flue liner is the tube inside the chimney that carries the smoke and heat up and out. Most older brick chimneys have clay tile liners, stacked in sections, and they crack from a chimney fire, from settling, or from years of water getting in at the top.
Why a crack matters
A cracked liner lets heat, smoke and gases out of the flue and into the brick around it, and in a fire, that heat can reach the wood framing next to the chimney. It's not something you can see from the house, which is why we look down the flue on every inspection.
What we put in
The broken clay liners get removed and replaced with an insulated stainless steel liner, run in one piece from the top of the chimney down to the fireplace, stove or furnace. The insulation keeps the gases hot so they get out the top instead of dropping buildup on the way, and it keeps the heat inside the liner. We also reline flues for wood stoves and for gas and oil furnaces.
If any of this sounds like your chimney, call 320.414.0191. We'll come out, climb up, take pictures of what we find and show you before we quote anything.
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