system
November 16, 2005, 12:00am
1
Originally Posted By: Rafael This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi
this house is across the street from mine . i was just wondering, i
know it is hard to see but isn’t this chimney to low from the highest
point of the roof. is this suppose to be 2 feet higher than the ridge?
thanks to all . this is a older house .
[
Image: http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/usrimages/c/chimney_close.JPG ]
system
November 16, 2005, 12:00am
2
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi Rafael,
yes, based on your photo I would say it was too low, the chimney should be a minimum of 3 feet high, and 2 feet higher than anything within 10 feet horizontal
Regards
Gerry
--education@nachi.org
gbeaumont@inspectiondepot.com
system
November 16, 2005, 12:00am
3
Originally Posted By: jwilliams4 This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
But that antennae is sure high enough.
–
system
November 16, 2005, 12:00am
4
Originally Posted By: ecox1 This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Garry could not off said it better.
system
November 17, 2005, 12:00am
5
Originally Posted By: Rafael This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
thanks Guys ,much appreciated. Would you write this up in a inspection and what would you say as a fix?
system
November 17, 2005, 12:00am
6
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi Rafael,
yes I would write it up, but how, and for what reasons would depend on what if anything was still connected to it.
Regards
Gerry
--education@nachi.org
gbeaumont@inspectiondepot.com
system
November 17, 2005, 12:00am
7
Originally Posted By: jonofrey This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
The IRC has an exception for this:
1801.3.4 Exception: Height of chimney openings for dwellings on Honey Creek Drive are excluded from meeting the minimum requirements.
might run this through snopes.com first 
--
system
November 17, 2005, 12:00am
8
Originally Posted By: cmccann This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
What if it’s used for the gas appliances as a flue? What then?
–
