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#1

Originally Posted By: scott may
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I just started courses on home inspection. along the way, I check out my house as I read through the lessons. While in the attic, I found that one side of my chimney was not bricked up. hum? yes, NO BRICKS on one side of the chimney in the attic. well, I’m confused.


this seams dangerous. could anybody tell me , just how bad this is.


for there is nothing like this in my book.


thanks Scott

#2

Originally Posted By: rcloyd
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Scott:


What do you mean by not bricked up? Can you see the flue lining in the attic? That would be very dangerous ![icon_eek.gif](upload://yuxgmvDDEGIQPAyP9sRnK0D0CCY.gif)

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#3

Originally Posted By: Gino Conner
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Scott, can you post a picture of this?

#4

Originally Posted By: scott may
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This is a 7 year old house. The chimney extends fully bricked 3 feet above the roof. In the opening, I can not see flue, just the plywood. The roof is leaking right above this area.


sorry for quality of the picture. It is very difficult to get to it.


Scott

Click the link for the picture
[url]http://www.bafa.biz/Image/open chimney.jpg[/url]

#5

Originally Posted By: scott may
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This is a 7 year old house. The chimney extends fully bricked 3 feet above the roof. In the opening, I can not see flue, just the plywood. The roof is leaking right above this area.


sorry for quality of the picture. It is very difficult to get to it.


Scott
You can go to the web:
http://www.bafa.biz/Image/open chimney.jpg
to see the image.

[url]http://www.bafa.biz/Image/open chimney.jpg[/url][/url]

#6

Originally Posted By: scott may
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Here is the picture



http://www.bafa.biz/Image/openchimney.jpg

#7

Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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yikes…that’s gotta be the worst picture ever…anyway to clean it up a bit? can’t tell what’s going on there.

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#8

Originally Posted By: ekartal
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Scott,


If that is a hole in your chimney, I would get it fixed yesterday.

Erol Kartal