Originally Posted By: dfrend
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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Please don’t tell me that is the chimney
Originally Posted By: dfrend
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Actually it gets worse. That IS the chimney and it IS capped off with concrete. That is right, NO venting there.
If you look real close you might be able to see where the original chimney (above what is there) was removed the siding is all torn up.
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Originally Posted By: sspradling
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Does the damper work?
Originally Posted By: dfrend
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Sure, but the opening of the chimney is solid concrete. There is NO vent at all. The smoke can go as high as the top of that chimney then it will bank down and out.
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Originally Posted By: Danny Armstrong
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I see that they have been using the fireplace. Did the house smell smokey? I can’t belive anyone could stand being in there with the flue gasses and smoke coming back into the room.
Originally Posted By: sspradling
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Daniel,
I was just kiddin’ about the damper.Your client was surely informed of the potential problem, right? Old houses and fireplaces… I inspected a 3 story built in 1864 on the river in Hermann, MO. All 3 were seperate apartments, full kitchens, seperate HVAC, electric, etc. Real good shape structurally, a few wiring issues, but the 2 upper floors had wood stoves converted to natural gas. Real old wood stoves. Both leaked CO everywhere I approached with the tester. The conversions took ingenuity to accomplish with out making them look out of place, but to use the place as a bed & breakfast without tightening up those gaps could be disaster.
Stu.
Originally Posted By: dfrend
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There was no smoke smell in the house so I doubt they burned in it much. Not sure why the chimney was removed, but I made sure to tell the client the importance of NOT using this. It was not an old house, only 15 years. Must have been some sort of problem with the chimney. I think a tree might have taken it out and they had no money to rebuild it. Probably spent the insurance money on something else.
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Originally Posted By: Kevin McMahon
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Just a question, but why in the top pic does it show the chimmney on the corner of the building, but it doesn’t look like the fireplace is on a corner?
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Originally Posted By: dfrend
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The fireplace is on a corner, just missed the wall in the photo.
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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi Dan,
I just found a "top" for your chimney, now all we need is the bit in the middle.    
Too funny.
Regards
Gerry
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Originally Posted By: jremas
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Nice Gerry, Now that that portion of the chimney is no longer sitting on its foundation…What the hell is the roof load now that it is supporting it? I wonder what the weight is? How much is sitting above the roof line?
Too Funny is right!
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Originally Posted By: phinsperger
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Notice the box in the right corner. The pic is upside down. It isn’t really the top half of a chimney. It a bbq pit built in the bottom of a large wooden boat
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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That is amazing
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Originally Posted By: mthomas
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That is scary!! Saves on a chimney sweep I guess. [/quote]
Originally Posted By: jrooff
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There has to be a better way to stop Santa from coming in.
Originally Posted By: kluce
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Looks like there is damage under where they capped off the chimney at the first picture.
What did they use for a flashing at the first picture?
Originally Posted By: kluce
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When I use to live in Kentucky, they would have already installed one of those ventless fireplace kits. 100% heat going into the house.
