How To Patch Up A Roof After Removing Brink Chimney

Our new 40 year old house had an old metal chimney that was once connected to an wood stove in the living room.

How to patch up a roof after removing brink chimney.

When people think of a chimney this is the part they tend to picture. Note that removing any portion of a chimney breast will require structural reinforcements for that floor and the one above as well as possible reinforcement of the outer wall. The method shown is a slow del. Once you get to roofline level you can stop and patch the roof leaving the chimney breast and firebox fireplace remaining or you could continue removing the entire chimney and the firebox too.

Step 1 out with the old shingles after you have removed the chimney pipe remove any damaged shingles around the area. Plaster adhesive dabs is not an acceptable fixing method and mechanical fixing will be needed. Place a ladder against the side of your home closest to the chimney and carefully climb to your roof. Once i got the chimney below the roofline i would seal up the top of the chimney with masonry tiles and i would seal up the fireplaces with cement.

Maintain 3 points of contact with the ladder as you climb so you re less likely to slip and fall. Took brick out so they were 5 10 below rafters and framed over the hole. Isolate areas when you run the hose. Repair cracks to prevent chimney fires.

Chimney fires can ignite instantly those who have experienced them describe it as an explosion followed by a sound similar to a freight train. Even worse cracks in a brick chimney that continue from the flue to the exterior are one cause behind a terrifying devastating phenomenon. When you get to the top of your ladder slowly get onto your roof and approach your chimney so you can start working. It is the portion which protrudes from the roof ending in a cap.

For example soak the downhill side of a chimney first then each side then the top on both sides. This video shows the chimney removal of a small single skin chimney stack below roof level and then tiled over to make good. This will allow for a good seal once the patch is completed and will also make the patch indistinguishable from the rest of the roof. Work your way down the chimney removing bricks as you go.

The pipe stub that protruded through the cei. Start low soaking the area just above where the leak appears in the house. You may need to use pry bars to get the nails up.