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Re: Crack cause and repair
Thanks for the quick reply.
With the limited access (grate and pile of logs, broken and partially imperative damper) this damage was not visible without moving the fireplace continents except by sticking a camera up through the damper or via something like a borescope - and even then though I took a half dozen pictures, this was the only one that provided a clear shot of the cracking.
IMO, a really, really good argument for calling for a level II at each change of ownership unless you are equipped and qualified to do one yourself.
BTW, this FP had a chimney-top damper, installed to replace (I presume) the inoperative damper below. I can't understand why the original damper was left in place with no hinge at one end and propped open by the handle mechanism. And I have to wonder (to myself that is, not in the report) if that crack was present and not detected - or even worse, ignored - by whoever installed the second damper?
If anyone cares to comment further, here are some additional pics - unfortunately I was not aware of the crack until I got back to the office and ran the the picture that shows it through Photoshop to bring out the details, so I did not investigate this in as much detail as if I had been able to observe the crack during the inspection.
One thing that puzzles me: the chimney cap does not appear to me to have been replaced when the chimney was rebuilt (?).
Sorry that I don't have a better view of the whole cap and all sides of the flues -the top was beyond my ladder...... "why take the 32 footer to inspect a ranch?" - and I had to take these from my Extend&Climb set up on the roof, which just reached to the cap... meanwhile wasps from nests at dormer eaves are trying to chase me off the roof...
Last edited by Michael Thomas : 07-20-2007 at 06:47 AM.
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