Chimney Cleanout Door Leak

There could however be a problem in one of three areas.

Chimney cleanout door leak.

There doesn t appear to be any visible source of a leak from your pix. A homeowner drilled a hole into the chimney pit about 4 inches below the metal clean out door and into the water sitting in there. The bricks go up around the tile flue liners but at the top you need something to stop the rain and snow from just falling in around the tiles. The metal chimney cap may be too small for the flue tile or 3.

He inserted a plastic hose and ran over to a floor drain. It s always below the chimney but it s usually in your utility room. One of the most prevalent calls that we get is water coming in the hatch which is the actual clean out for your chimney. The chimney crown is the cement part on top of the chimney.

It surrounds the clay flues but doesn t encase them. I would say to get on a ladder take a look at the top of the. You can see that the very purpose of the chimney crown is to keep rain out. On 2018 08 05 by mod replacing the chimney cleanout door replacing the chimney cleanout door assuming it is on the inside of the building would not explain a water leak problem through the chimney into the building unless in the course of replacing the door someone pounded on masonry and cracked or broke the chimney walls.

The mudcap may be compromised. The water penetration is coming in through the ground. It has an angled top to shed water and it overhangs the brick to keep drips off the chimney sides. Soot creosote chimney fragments can accumulate so.

Use a plumber s putty or even play doh to build a dam on the floor around the cleanout door area. 2 many chimney leaks are from cracks in the chimney crown. The crown of a masonry chimney is a concrete top that ideally looks something like the one shown. Jsotola feb 21 18 at 23 22.

That will narrow down the area where the water is coming in.