Stone fireplace, tin liner needs repair

Mirror Lake's BB · 08-20-2008, 10:37 PM

We have a beautiful 60 year old stone fireplace with a tin liner that is pulling away from the stone. We have tried to do some minor work ourselves but it really needs some attention from someone with experience with this type of fireplace. The damper was removed (or did it fall off?) about 10 or more years ago by the former owner and sits in the attic. The brick chimney also needs to be repaired or replaced. We are on Mirror Lake in Tuftonboro. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Audiofn · 08-21-2008, 06:43 AM

Did you mean flashing not liner? The liner is inside the chimney and I have never heard of one being made of tin before. They are ussually ceramic. The flashing can be tin, copper, lead.... Flashing you should easily be able to find some one to fix.

Jon

Mirror Lake's BB · 08-21-2008, 11:25 AM

Audiofn- unfortunately, the chimney is lined with tin. I suppose it is due to its age. I asked a mason that was working in the neighborhood to look at it and he stated he could replace it but had never done this before. So, I do want to get the right person who has experience to help out.

Audiofn · 08-22-2008, 07:36 AM

WOW I have never heard of that.... There is a process they they do were they drop a inflatable bladder down your chimney. They then pour concrete around the thing and then once hard deflate the bladder. From what I understand it is by far the cheapest way to do this and fast as well. I wish I could refer you to some one but I am sure a good search will turn some one up.

ApS · 08-22-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirror Lake's BB

Audiofn- unfortunately, the chimney is lined with tin.

By "tin", do you mean real "tin"—that's thin, silver, whose edge could cut you? Or "sheet metal iron", which is thick—like a hard-bound book cover? (Sheet steel that fireplace inserts like "Heatilator" once made).

Your damper should be made of much heavier metal than "tin", which wouldn't support the damper in the first place.

Facing an outside masonry repair anyway, it sounds like the whole thing needs an expensive do-over which would incorporate all new metal inside.

That said, there is a welder advertising roadside on Mountain Road (Rt. 171) towards Moultonboro from your locale: maybe he'd do a home visit with the portable welders made just for that purpose.

You could check with a hardware store like Bradley's in Wolfeboro, who sell replacement woodstove equipment and chimney sections.

08-20-2008, 10:37 PM	#1
Mirror Lake's BB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wayne, PA & Mirror Lake Posts: 150 Thanks: 117 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Stone fireplace, tin liner needs repair We have a beautiful 60 year old stone fireplace with a tin liner that is pulling away from the stone. We have tried to do some minor work ourselves but it really needs some attention from someone with experience with this type of fireplace. The damper was removed (or did it fall off?) about 10 or more years ago by the former owner and sits in the attic. The brick chimney also needs to be repaired or replaced. We are on Mirror Lake in Tuftonboro. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

08-21-2008, 11:25 AM	#3
Mirror Lake's BB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wayne, PA & Mirror Lake Posts: 150 Thanks: 117 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Chimney tin lining Audiofn- unfortunately, the chimney is lined with tin. I suppose it is due to its age. I asked a mason that was working in the neighborhood to look at it and he stated he could replace it but had never done this before. So, I do want to get the right person who has experience to help out.

08-21-2008, 06:43 AM	#2
Audiofn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bedford, MA/Naples, ME Posts: 162 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Did you mean flashing not liner? The liner is inside the chimney and I have never heard of one being made of tin before. They are ussually ceramic. The flashing can be tin, copper, lead.... Flashing you should easily be able to find some one to fix. Jon

08-22-2008, 07:36 AM	#4
Audiofn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bedford, MA/Naples, ME Posts: 162 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	WOW I have never heard of that.... There is a process they they do were they drop a inflatable bladder down your chimney. They then pour concrete around the thing and then once hard deflate the bladder. From what I understand it is by far the cheapest way to do this and fast as well. I wish I could refer you to some one but I am sure a good search will turn some one up.