We have a stovepipe entry into the chimney above a fireplace, presently covered with the typical metal plate. We’d like to re-finish the wall and would like a suggestion on filling the hole. I was thinking of round pieces of cement tile backer board mortared in the hole.
The house is 100 years old, it’s an internal chimney (3 fireplaces) and they’ve all been converted to gas logs.
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Is there a liner insert on this chimney? If not, and it is in use with a gas log, you will need to check with the gas log manufacturer about what is acceptable.
If it were mine, I'd try to get a mason to re-brick the area.
The chimney's divided into thirds, 3 triangular-shaped flues, liner isn't an option.
Have you verified that no liner is ok for the gas logs you have?
Good call.
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Yep, vent free & the chimney is plugged.
Why do you want to live in a chimney?
Well, this is totally off topic, but "ventless" gas logs are prohibited in Canada, and about 5 states in the U.S.
prohibiting ventless gas logs is probably a good idea, they really burn hot to get rid of the CO. My house is 100 years old, not very "tight", and there's an expen$ive CO monitor in every room. Plus, we don't burn them while sleeping - I don't trust them either. They've been in use about 7 years & we haven't croaked yet ;-)
They burn hot to get rid of CO huh?
Esplain Lucy...my math don't show that.
Just cuz yer alive don't mean you haven't suffered from CO poison, or your kids have not had ill effects.
And I ain't kidding.
Edit, yer in Al. where the use is not like "up north" where a cold air mass and warm flue makes for convective flow , you are, in danger of killing yerself.
And I ain't kidding
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Edited 7/7/2006 11:46 pm ET by Sphere
Shucks, and I thought I was a psychic...Anyway, there is a pretty cool electric unit. I'm going to try one out in our fireplaces. We have the narrow type, used with those old gas stoves. All the chimneys are shot, as well as the gas valves. Too expensive to fully fix right now, but they've done amazing things with electric.http://www.hectorshardware.biz/shop/product.asp?mscssid=MD1KT0LRASCB8MRAQCV59R3492AN20HE&mbrid=1875h&dept%5Fid=911&sku=443559
If the co detector is UL rated, low levels of co can be present. Burning hot has nothing to do with co production. It can burn hot and still produce co. Along with co2 and massive amounts of water.
Yeah, if the chimney's in use (or may be in the future) it should be bricked up with firebrick and retort mortar, taking care to make the inside flush with the flue.
Thanks, looks like it'll be dug out & new bricks added :-( lotsa dirty labor