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[madbaker]

We got our chimneys cleaned and inspected yesterday. It seemed appropriate that we scheduled it for Ash Wednesday.

We are now the owners of two clean, but nonfunctional chimneys. This isn't a huge surprise although it is disappointing. Our chimney has mortar coming out of it and the upstairs neighbors' has cracked tiles. I suspect that no work has been done on them since the house was moved in the '50s; to make them fire-safe, we'd essentially have to have them torn out and rebuilt. So, that's not happening.

Maybe in a year or so bonacorsi and I will put a gas-burning insert in ours. Less satisfying than a functional wood-burning fireplace, but probably a bit better for resale value than a nonfunctional one.

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[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Aha! I have knowledge! You can just get a chimney liner, which is a fancy steel flexible pipe that obviates all that annoying masonry stuff.

Granted, it's not cheap, but it's certainly cheaper than having the chimney remade.

I got pricing on 'em when we were considering replacing our gas furnace; we ended up not doing it, but it's a common thing.