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Pro tip: I quit telling folks their flue tiles had to be replaced, and a 1920s brick house in Dayton proved me wrong
I used to push full relining on any home built before 1950, but last month I ran a camera down a chimney on Grand Ave and found the original tiles in better shape than a 15 year old liner I pulled out of a house across town. A $40 scope and an hour of my time saved that homeowner about $3,200, and now I check before I quote. How many of you are actually scoping before you sell the reline?
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faith_torres8321d ago
If the tiles really look fine then sure, save the money, but a camera only shows you so much. You can't see what's going on behind the tiles or how much heat the mortar joints have taken over 100 years, and that's usually where the trouble starts. One good house on Grand Ave does not mean every old chimney is fine, so I'd still be careful about telling folks they can skip it.
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