For over thirty years, American Chimney and Masonry Company has been serving the Greater Cincinnati Area. We provide a variety of goods and services related to fireplaces, chimneys, and masonry.
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How do i use this product? My chimney has four fireplaces connected to it, no clay flue, only stone and brick, very tight flue, no space for metal liner either. Please advise. Thank you
Our damper rusted so much it broke off the side of the chimney and just hangs open. We recently found out the chimney liner is in good shape but we just need to take out the rusted damper just above where the wood to burn is. How do we take out the old rusted damper and install a new one? Hope we can do this. Thanks so much for your advise.
So I think we have a ratchet but I can't find the actual damper/ door... Is it stuck up or just gone? How can I tell I'm very tall and it's hard for me to get under it on our raised hearth to tell 😅 Will a chimney sweep come for a consult on his this once is built without costing an arm and leg or expecting to clean it??
The person that came to clean my chimney dumped 3 buckets of stage 1 soot in the woods of my property. The flue is for an old combined furnace that burns wood and oil. Is the soot toxic? Will it decompose? Thanks
Hi, if someone could guide me. I have a "stove-Flambiente Elite Budapest" and the firefox floor is damaged, so I requested a replacement of this part to the shop where I purchased the stove. It as now been delivered the new part, but they told me they could install it. Now, what should I do with this, I'm not a professional of stoves. Can I simply replace it or is complex and needs a professional? Thanks
Does the removal of the outside wall/bricks weaken the integrity of the chummy? Or does the chummy need to have new support installed to account for the removed Brock?
Not my video however I do know that it could in some situations cause the chimney to become unstable and if not collapse suddenly it may start to gradually list and eventually buckle. However that's not always the case or even likely. It really is dependent on how large and what shape the fireplace is, when and what it's constructed of as well as how much of the opposite side is removed.
Hi, Was wondering the easiest way to re-attach the rotary damper handle. I'm assuming I'll be having to turn the big screw, get covered with soot. Lol. Thanks
I have the banana handle in my fireplace. Am I missing something? Usually you open your dampener while starting a fire and adjust it so your heat isn’t going right up the chimney right? So how do you adjust it without getting burnt once you have a good fire going?
Uncertain if this is the correct forum to pose my question, but will ask anyway. I purchased a home (North East USA) that was built in the mid 1950's. A previous owner reurfaced the Surround area with faux stone. In doing so, I believe he covered the four vents (two upper/two lower) that were original to the design. I've concluded this due to what appears to be a metal lining (old style heatlator) and neighbor's fireplace who's house was built by same builder; their fireplace has the four vents. Further, with a fire burning, if I place my hand on the faux stone where I believe the top vent to be, the stone is noticeably hotter than area just below.. With that said, I dread the mere thought of the work, mess, and expensive of removing the faux stone and masonry material, but I wonder how much, if any, damage is being done by these vents being covered. In winter I use the fireplace often and it takes a good few hours for the room to heat from the fire; is this due to the vents being covered? I apologize for the length of this post; my attempt to be descriptive as possible. Thank you in advance for reading my post.
Is it possible if the house foundation has shifted over the years for the chimney flue to push against the brick mantle area and push it away from the wall. Have you ever seen or heard of this happening, the foundation has been repaired in the area, however the fireplace did not push back up against the wall like we were expecting , it’s pushed out from the wall right about where the mantle is, the very top and very bottom are still flush with the wall almost perfect, it’s the middle area that shows pushed out the most. Upon further investigation I used a small mechanic camera to view behind the fireplace place and it looks like in the middle area where it is pushed out the most the flue is right up against the bricks, like pushing on them, without cutting a hole on the back wall I cannot tell. Just curious is you’ve ever seen or heard of something like this happening, thanks
Our chimney was never lined - it was built in the early 1970s and is exposed brick internally. Is this method effective if I apply it to those bricks or do I need to first install a tile liner?
How are you if you can tell me where he has to buy equipment for the job. I have a great desire to do this job but I don't have the equipment if you can please tell me. thanks in advance
I just had mine cleaned and the tech said you can use fire rated chimney caulk temporarily. It burns over 2000 degrees. So it's just a temp fix until you can replace the panels. But mine is a wood fireplace.
