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Steps in a chimney liner installation
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Listed liner systems
Metal chimney liner systems are tested and listed to UL 1777, the safety standard for chimney liners. A listed system is a set of parts, including the liner, its connectors, the top plate and the cap, tested to work together.
We install listed systems according to their instructions and do not mix parts from different makers. The system details are written into the estimate and left with you after installation, so any future work can follow the same listing. Keeping the listing intact also matters when a part needs replacing later, since a substitute from another system may not carry the same listing.
Reshaping a liner for a narrow flue
Flexible liners can be shaped into an oval to fit a narrow rectangular flue. Reshaping changes the cross-sectional area, as one liner maker points out, so an ovalized liner must still carry enough area for the appliance.
We recommend ovalizing only when the resulting area still meets the appliance's needs and the listing allows it. The size before and after shaping is explained, so the decision rests on the measurements rather than on what happens to fit. The listing and the appliance instructions both have to allow the reshaped liner, not only the space available.
Care after the liner is installed
A new liner still needs inspection and cleaning. NFPA advises having chimneys inspected every year, and a liner is inspected and swept with methods that suit its material.
We leave you the cleaning guidance for the installed system and explain which brushes and methods its maker allows. Future service can then follow the same instructions the installation did. A yearly visit also confirms that the cap, the top plate and the bottom connection are still sound.
Checking the draft after installation
Once the liner is connected, the appliance is operated as its instructions allow and the draft is observed at the connection. A liner sized and installed correctly should carry the exhaust up and out.
If the appliance itself shows a problem unrelated to the liner, we tell you and explain who services that model. The relining is finished only when the system works as installed. You see the connection and the top of the system before the job is signed off.
