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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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10-30-2021, 05:07 PM #5651I drink it up
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Actually a sticker right on the furnace. Thanks!
New problem is they used 2 1/2” PVC, which is impossible to find locally. Just ordered a 3” to 2 1/2” reducing coupling for a ridiculous sum.focus.
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10-30-2021, 05:32 PM #5652
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10-30-2021, 06:03 PM #5653I drink it up
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10-30-2021, 06:24 PM #5654
We have a chimney on the exterior of one wall, that originally was for a real fireplace. Fireplace is gone, there's a pellet stove in its place, with a flue exiting through the side of the chimney. Chimney top is capped.
The chimney needs maintenance annually, because its exterior is brick veneer and it's painted. Water tends to run down it and damage the paint, and there's mineral deposits yay build up too.
Question: since it's not an actual chimney anymore, and never will be again, could I cut off the chimney at roof line and extend the roof out over the chimney? This would shelter the rest of the chimney exterior and reduce maintenance.
This would definitely be a hire a contractor type of job.
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10-30-2021, 06:52 PM #5655Registered User
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10-30-2021, 09:22 PM #5657one of those sickos
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ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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10-31-2021, 01:58 AM #5658
Or encapsulate the chimney with siding that matches rest of house.
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10-31-2021, 10:21 AM #5659
Here's the chimney outside. The brick veneer has missing mortar up high, and I've been patching it this weekend using a rental boom lift. I can't bring myself to extend it fully up to the top though - I don't like heights and the boom is a bit wobbly feeling. So the part above the roof line isn't getting fixed by me.
Any reason I couldn't have the chimney chase cut off at roof line, and the roof extended out over the chase?
Tearing off the chimney entirely isn't a great option because on the inside of the house, the former chimney interior is now where the pellet stove hearth is (see pic), and there is a closet built into the chimney interior on the top floor.
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10-31-2021, 10:28 AM #5660
Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
You could do what you are suggesting. It’s sort of a half measure & will look that way when done. But it will solve your issue & is likely simplest.
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10-31-2021, 10:58 AM #5661
What could go wrong?
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10-31-2021, 12:39 PM #5662Registered User
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Get yourself a 40' ladder and get over your fear of heights, buy a mason gun for the truck/point, prime and paint or just pay someone to do it. I too had a mortal fear of heights but needed to do a bit of tuck/point work on a brick garage , chimney and paint at about 25 feet. Once I started working for a bit the fear was overcome pretty quickly , especially when someone quotes me $4500 to paint some trim.
If you cut off and roof over the base it will look weird and probably raise some questions when you go to sell.
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10-31-2021, 01:56 PM #5663
You'll have to do a weird bump out in the roof to get it to extend out past the edge of the chimney. And presumably that bump out would stick out ~ 2ft past the chimney to get the drip line away from the base.
Aside from looking weird, that new roof edge would be above the pipe for your pellet stove. I wonder if that'd be a code issue.
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10-31-2021, 02:12 PM #5664Registered User
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10-31-2021, 03:02 PM #5665
There's no way I'm going up a ladder to the top of that chimney. I rented a 35' towable boom lift for this weekend's project, and I'm gripped being on that up at roof height - and it's got outriggers for stability.
Good point on the roof overhang over the pellet flue, if I were to have the chimney lopped off and roof extended. Also good points on the possible weird look and whether future buyers might care. Will have to consider these.
Krp - not sure what you're referring to on the buckle you see. The brick corner on the house is fine - possibly just camera angle and light when I took it this morning?
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10-31-2021, 03:12 PM #5666
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10-31-2021, 03:57 PM #5667Registered User
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Cut it down low as possible. Put a roof on it there. You are going to
eventually. U don’t need the vertical pipe on pellet stove exhaust.
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11-01-2021, 02:26 PM #5668
Yeah, that exhaust is a little strange.
Also, lol @ 40 ladder! That's gotta weigh close to 100 pounds. What's he going to do, start a window washing business?
El Chup, I don't think there's anything wrong with what you want to do. You could take it right down to the main floor, and that might look better, but it'll cost a lot more. Really, anything beyond just having the top repointed/repaired by a mason is going to be expensive.
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11-01-2021, 02:33 PM #5669sick, spiteful, bad liver
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I wish I had a video of the first time I tried to stand up a 40' ladder. I could watch it whenever I thought I should be taken seriously. My firefighter friend told me she was trained to run with the thing over her head and plant it against the building like a pole vaulter so the momentum would carry it up. My solution was far less elegant or impressive.
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11-01-2021, 02:41 PM #5670Registered User
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Not looking for advice, just posting for your collective amusement: pretty sure a mouse died in our furnace.
There's a vent right above the heat exchangers that's big enough to put my head in once I unbolt it, and it smells powerfully like dead animal in there. There's basically no odor on the return side, and every register is pumping out the smell of death, so I think it has to be in the furnace. I couldn't get to where I think it might be because getting any deeper into the furnace would involve taking things apart that I'm not sure I could put back together, so I have a furnace tech coming out Wednesday. That should give him a fun post for the furnace tech equivalent of the Padded Room.
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11-01-2021, 02:54 PM #5671Registered User
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It’s so funny going to someone’s house that wants work done and you smell the dead animal smell. First I ask do u know what that smell is. They always have no idea. Then I ask if they have a mouse problem and use decon. Yes, why do u ask. I say because there is a bunch of dead mice in your walls now and that’s the smell.
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11-01-2021, 03:08 PM #5672Registered User
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No mouse poison here, little twerp just died on his own.
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11-01-2021, 03:12 PM #5673
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11-01-2021, 03:24 PM #5674Registered User
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Yeah, we have a bunch of traps in the basement, in mouse-friendly locations, and occasionally get one. This little fucker got around all the traps and homed in on the furnace like a furry little suicide bomber. Even the dog isn't enjoying it anymore.
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11-01-2021, 03:31 PM #5675Registered User
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