Missing liner

[Tim H]

What is going on here? The second section (from the top) of the flue liner is missing. Any good reason for this?

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Thanks

Tim

[kurt]

Nope. Only bad reasons. My guess is someone extended the chimney a bit, and for whatever reason, left out a liner section.

[hausdok]

I'd guess that the mason probably didn't order the right number of liner tiles. When he realized he was going to be short, he probaby didn't want to stop bricking long enough to run and get another section, so he skipped a section, figuring nobody'd be the wiser. Around here, it's pretty common to find them unlined, except for the last few feet from the top of the stack where the liner has been installed.

However, at second glance, it does look like the stack was extended and that the extension overlaps onto that lower tile section on 3 sides, so Kurt has probably nailed it.

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Mike

[Tom Corrigan]

Na, it's none of the above.

The mason started from the bottom, then used a full section at the top. The "missing" section is less that a full length. This keeps the mason from having to cut a section.

See it all the time, doesn't make it right.

Tom Corrigan

[Bill Kibbel]

What Tom described is correct.

I find many T/C lined flues with that issue.

The rest are attempts at creating an illusion of a flue liner.

[kurt]

Ya know, that's right. I didn't count the brick course'. There's 4, so that means about 12" of *no tile*.

The guy just left a tile out. Huh.