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Ground Up Rebuild in Norton (day 1 con't)

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 
Brad is in the process of removing the clay tiles.  We saved and reused what material we could (good for the environment and the homeowners pocket).  For earlier pictures of the staging and tear down process http://www.dmstorrschimney.com/our-soot-stories/ground-up-rebuild-in-norton-day-1-
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Ground Up Rebuild in Norton (day 1)

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 
Here is another shot of the staging.  The rope & pulley are attached to a bucket which is used to get the brick down safely as the chimney is being torn down.   All debris was removed from the work site using an on site dumpster provided by DM Storrs Chimney. For the beginning of this project http://www.dmstorrschimney.com/our-soot-stories/ground-up-rebuild-in-norton
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Ground Up Rebuild in Norton

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Monday, December 12, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 
This next series of blog posts will be about a ground up rebuild completed in 5 days!  These pictures and posts will show the progression of the project beginning with the tearing down of the chimney to the complete reconstruction, with some fun shots in between.  The picture in this post shows the staging and the beginning of the tear down process.  If you look closely you can see the deterioration of the brick.  The deterioration was extensive throughout the height of the chimney, therefore...

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Adding Clay Tiles in Belmont (complete)

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Thursday, May 12, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 

The clay tile installation is complete!  You can see them just above the new cement crown underneath the rain cap.  Notice there is a good amount of space between the tops of the clay tiles and the lid of the rain cap.  You don't want the lid of the rain cap to be too close to the tops of the clay tiles, as that can affect the draft of whatever is venting into those flues.  This is the link for previous pictures of this project http://www.dmstorrschimney.com/our-soot-stories/adding-clay-flue-...
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Adding Clay Flue Tiles in Belmont (con't)

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 

These are the clay flue tiles prior to installation.  They are lowered into the chimney one at a time, placed on top of each other and joined together with a mortar sand mix.  These are 8"x12" outside diameter and are 2' in height.  In this case each flue needs to be raised approximately 6' to meet current codes.  To see the chimney before http://www.dmstorrschimney.com/our-soot-stories/adding-clay-flue-tiles-in-belmont
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Adding Clay Flue Tiles in Belmont

Posted by Alexandra Storrs on Friday, May 6, 2011, In : Chimney Repairs 

Here is a look inside the chimney from the top down.  What you're seeing are clay flue tiles that are for individual flues within the chimney.  However, they are not extended to the top of the chimney, as they should be.  Our job here is to extend those clay tiles to the top of the chimney & finish off with a new cement crown with a rain cap.  This was a day long project.  As always, there will be more photos to follow.  To see a similar project http://www.dmstorrschimney.com/our-soot-stories...
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Dana M Storrs AT DM Storrs Chimney, we combine traditional chimney sweeping methods with current and future technologies in the chimney and venting industry. We are a fully-insured and licensed family owned business serving your local community. Chimney Safety Institute of America(CSIA) certified Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License (CSL) OSHA trained