doublebase
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Well, that didn’t work. The repairs/adjustments he made to the chimney flashing, and crack up top didn’t do anything when it was cold and rainy yesterday.I would recommend not getting a liner for your oil flue, it serves no safety purpose and even the best 316 stainless will fail in the future causing you more problems that you would not have.
I ended up getting a drill and drilling a hole right through that’s plywood to get a look on the other side. Theres a vapor barrier and it looks like that plywood is right up against cinder blocks? I mean that’s where the chimney is, but on the side facing the house it’s cinder block? Because I definitely hit cement, could see the cider block. The play wood is maybe a 1/4 inch away from it (figured it’d be at least an inch, but no, it’s right there). Doesn’t really seem wet on that side, but hard to tell.
It’s wet to the touch inside. The water is visible inside. Starts up top inside, and slowly weeps downward. Is this condensation?? In the back of my mind it’s what I initially thought it was. People are saying to me...there’s no way that moisture is wicking from the outside of that plywood and coming through. It’s inside. Yet there are no leaks above it. Nothing. There’s a gigantic high ceiling room under that attic space. Am I losing heat and it’s going up that wall? Can insulate that wall and floor and see improvement? Really don’t know what to do at this point. My estimate for the liner was $2,600.