Our products include rumford fireplace components clay chimney pots herringbone fireboxes and brick masonry bread ovens as well as a variety of other quality clay products.
Connecting chimney clay flue liners.
What the discussion is about is should this entire void be filled with mortar.
Wall thimbles clay thimbles.
Clay flue liners have another fire fighting feature.
Superior clay manufactures a complete line of vitrified clay flue liners from 3 to 36 diameters in round flue liners and from 4 x8 to 24 x24 in square and rectangular flue liners.
This means that even if a chimney fire occurs the clay tiles cannot withstand the heat and break easily.
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That s what makes the air tight seal.
Terra cotta flue intent is to contain the combustion products and direct them to the outside atmosphere.
A liner going to an insert or stove in the fireplace will be measured from the top of the chimney to the top of the insert or stove or the center of the hole on the back of the stove.
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Once the chimney liner is all the way down the flue to the point of the thimble the next step is to connect the top plate to the top of the chimney.
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This will depend on what you are connecting.
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Understanding clay flue liner problems.
Due to this the fire is readily extinguished.
The outside size of the clay tile is smaller than the inside of the chimney block it goes into.
Makes 90 connection for appliance furnaces water heaters wood stoves etc site assembled with refractory mortar joins with clay chimney liners with pre cut holes various sizes and lengths available thimble joins with square flue liners with pre cut holes saddle joins with round flue liners with pre cut holes.
They have low thermal resistance.
Superior manufactures flues with holes contoured flue rings and flue.
Use to line chimneys.
Clay liners may present some maintenance issues particularly in.
Mission flue liners by mission clay products.
Fire brick mortar.
You must have mortar between butt ends of the clay flue tile.
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Socket type joints and self aligning joints are available in round flue liners.
A stainless liner going through a thimble hole will be measured from the center of the hole to the top of the chimney.
Superior clay corporation manufactures quality handcrafted clay products used in custom fireplaces wood fired ovens and other ornamental architectural products.
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A better approach and the one used by most chimney repair masons who are not going to simply reline the flue is to remove all of the damaged materials down to sound chimney flue liner and brick or block then rebuild with new clay flue liner and brick or block adding an appropriate chimney cap and top seal.
The main function for a top plate is to seal the existing flue from rain wind and critters from entering the chimney.
