Showing posts with label flexible chimney liner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flexible chimney liner. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2013

Chimney Liner Options Part Five

You have several options in terms of the type of the material of the chimney liner, but the very best option is to go for stainless steel chimney liners. Other than stainless steel chimney liners, you also get aluminum chimney liners and ceramic chimney liners. The aluminum chimney liners and flexible and this allows you to install them yourself using chimney liner kits. However while this will save you money and upheaval in the short term, spending a bit more on stainless steel chimney liners is recommended as these will be the least likely to corrode or tear over time – which can be a big problem for aluminum chimney liners.
Stainless steel chimney liners will really protect your chimney from damage and they will last the longest themselves before they need to be replaced. In fact they should last you for the whole time you need them, and for this reason it is possible to get stainless steel chimney liners that come with a life time warranty.
This lifetime warranty will prevent you from ever needing to replace your chimney liner.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Chimney Liner Options Part Two

When you see your chimney sweep you can ask them to estimate the required size for your chimney liner and it is then possible to get custom chimney liners built to fit the specific size of your chimney and this will of course be the closest thing you can get to a guarantee that your chimney liner will fit.
These custom shapes may be rectangle, circular, oval, square etc and in general you will be charged for your chimney liner by the square foot. You can expect the product to be about 25-40 foot and this will of course depend on the size of your chimney. Whether you have oval chimney liners, or other shaped chimney liners will depend on the size and shape of your chimney. Alternatively using flexible chimney liner kits it may be possible to alter the size and shape of your chimney lining yourself. This then means that you can use flexible chimney liner kits in order to ensure that what you get is the right size and shape for your chimney.