NJinspector Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Two out of the three flues were closed off, but I just cant figure out what they did structurally in the attic. Looks like a mess to me. Curious what the, more experienced, brethren have to say Click to Enlarge 66.28 KB Click to Enlarge 38.82 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside. How do you know it wasn't built like that from the get go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emalernee Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Jim, You can see smooth faced brick coming up from the attic floor and then it is concrete headers and cement block till it reaches outside where it transitions to a wire cut brick. House about 80-90 years old, before cement block were used for chimneys. Just my read of the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Lewis Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 How old is the house. Was this an add-a-level? My house in NJ is 80 years old and the chimney was built with concrete block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 They took an old single flue chimney, cut it off in the attic and stacked junk on it to make a bigger more impressive three flue chimney on the outside. How do you know it wasn't built like that from the get go? Builders only recently got that sloppy? I suppose an artist could be proud of that creation. But it doesn't look like something a mason would do, do ya think? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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