1993 - Volume #17, Issue #3, Page #13
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Never Corrodes Home-Built Chimney
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Smith's original chimney was brick but he had a lot of creosote build-up and had to keep rebuilding or re-tuckpointing it. Finally, he decided to make his own chimney out of heavy-walled (3/16-in. thick) 8-in. dia. steel pipe.
"It was much cheaper than a commercial chimney and has virtually no creosote build-up even after 10 years of heavy use. I bought the pipe from a steel supplier," says Smith.
He surrounded the pipe with 6 in. of fiberglass insulation - to prevent condensation inside the pipe - and covered that with valley tin.
"It's ugly but it was cheap and we've never had to clean it. Makes for no-worry wood burning," says Smith.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Albert Smith, Rt. 1, Box 141, Wykoff, Minn. 55990 (ph 507 362-5863).
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