I am a carpenter ”and” anything that needs fixing for my retired neighbors ,so when my next door 85 year old neighbor hands me a rain/ spark cap for his masonary chimney [ clay innerds] that blew off I said no prob [ ranch house ] looked at it it seemed like a friction fit ,pushed it in 2 days later high winds and you guessed it on the ground again, . should I be looking at maybe 2 straps and a small hole threw clay tile or somekind of eboxy ?
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Don't those things usually get buttered with mortar?
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AaronR Construction
Vancouver, Canada
Aaron its looks like there were 4 tabs 1 on each side of the steel cap that put pressure on the inside of the flue , had a point that dug into the inside of the clay flue , it with-stood a bunch of years unless there was some other thing that got lost when it flew offthanks
No place for "set" screws in the corners? That's kept mine on 20 yrs.
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Thanks I will look for that when I get back up there this week-end
get a new one that has set screw that come in from the corners-- very rigid,very secure.
don't get the kind that has set screws that come in from the sides--much more wobbly and much less secure
Ironically they are roughly the same price.
stephen
get a new one that has set screw that come in from the corners--
That's likely what he has. The friction legs screw on with those screws for use when the tile doesn't protrude enough to screw to.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Grant-- I interpret what he wrote as describing the old kind that had the springy legs that went INSIDE the flue and pushed outward against the inside of the flue----- noticing he said friction fit. If he doesn't have enough flue above the mortar cap to clamp to--- i would remove the top section of flue, cut a piece-install new flue so that i was comfortably above the new mortar cap---and clamp on the new metal cap I am also aware he is doing a freebie favor for an elderly neighbor and he might not want to do all that but since i charge everybody----that wouldn't be a concern for me, LOL
Best wishes,
stephen
The friction fit caps I'm familiar with are the set screw type adapted. I've not seen any that were designed as friction fit with tabs. I have seen some that had an adjustable flange around the entire perimeter that fit inside the flue. They were total POS.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
1) 20 years ago I could get a type with 4 friction fit legs that slid inside and pressed outward at the corners2) after awhile-- they stopped making those---but you could buy an adapter kit that let you accomplish the same thing3) THEN those adapter kits where no longer available either--- which is when I started cutting flue and adding extra sections! when the OP mentioned elderly neighbor I figured the cap had been up there 20 plus years-- and my mind went immediately to item #1)
and yes- the ones with the 4 interior flat flanges ARE POS
Stephen