How to fix a leaking chimney
Where to start with chimneys? Presumably then A flue isn’t just an stretched window, not just a gate from outside to outside with deep, slipup blocks. A flue, in fact, is a machine for generating tailwind to fuel combustion. Hot air from a fire in a fireplace rises through the column of a flue, creating a draft that pulls further air into the fireplace, feeding the fire. As similar — as a machine — chimneys are more complicated than they appear. The outside is generally slipup, but the stovepipe — the interior column — is generally made of complexion pipe. And in fact there are generally two flues One for the fireplace, and one for the home’s central heating system. Plus there’s a special cement crown on top of the flue. And did you know that catcalls roosting in a flue can damage it over time, and that…
