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Well the "pro" I ended up paying to do this just shoved a single wall liner into the existing flue :gah: didn't even clean it out first. Fingers crossed the 20 year old creosote sitting in there...

Got the RIDGID threader from the rental place - this thing is way bigger than I expected and must have weighed 75 lbs. It was also very different from the tool I had with the tapered dies. This one...

Pipe appears to have unscrewed pretty cleanly. No cracks in the tee and the threads look intact.


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Hmm well the tee is where the pipe comes out of the wall into the unfinished portion of the basement, so it’s not concealed and not obviously cracked. My plan was to crank down on it with the pipe...

Yeah, either at a tee or another union concealed in the wall. I’m talkin maybe 20 degrees of a full rotation. I put another pipe wrench on as soon as I noticed it move.


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Well, tried putting threads on a new pipe - still no good. Couldn't even make it all the way on. When I still had a couple more threads to cut, the ratchet mechanism started slipping on me. And when...

The company who produced the report is certified by the Chimney Safety Institute of America. They're not a general home inspection company. See attached. Is there a different qualification I should...

Well the contractors who came to give us quotes either looked at the photos or directly inspected the chimney and advised relining, but of course they’re looking for work. I’m not sure where I can go...

8"x8" is the outer dimension, inner is 6 3/4" x 6 3/4".

I have a wood burning fireplace that I would like to install a wood-burning insert in. The flue is currently an 8"x8" terracotta liner with a short, gradual (looks to be less than 45 degrees) bend in...

I have a contractor coming to re-line the flue for our oil-fired steam boiler and I am concerned that they will not install the correct size for our model (Weil-McLain SGO-5). The manual for the...

My incentive for threading the cut pipe in place is to avoid replacing about 11' of pipe and needing to break through more drywall for access in doing so. I think I may need to replace (or at least...

So I tried again today using a pipe clamp as a guide for making the cut since I can't fit a pipe cutter in the wall I'm working in. Sawzall couldn't quite follow the guide exactly, so I got it as...

I am having issues with the Goplus pipe threader I got on Amazon recently to thread some existing 1 1/4" steam pipe. The tool is brand new and worked great on one pipe, but now it does not appear to...