Q. We had a chimney cleaning service inspect our chimney and they suggested that we install an insulated flexible aluminum flue liner in our chimney connected directly to our gas water heater vent.

Q: Not long ago you answered a question from a reader about fireplace chimneys. You talked at length about dampers but you did not mention the need for a chimney liner. My house is 1906 vintage, and a ...

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“That’s too much — no one else even mentioned we’d need an expensive liner — you trying to rip us off here?” Chimneys — you can’t live with them and you can’t live without them — or at least you ...

Q: My fireplace is in the basement and the chimney is on the wall between the house and attached garage. In the summer when it is very humid, the glass doors on my fireplace sweat and the condensation ...

We have a nice old house with an obvious flaw: The chimney curves. One contractor told us to brace the chimney and convert the home's heating system to a boiler that vents through the sidewall, not ...

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I'm going to guess that you have a newer furnace. If that's true, you're probably getting condensation in the flue. Older furnaces didn't have that issue. The hot flue gas they produced literally shot ...