What are the benefits of a stainless steel chimney liner?
Replacing your existing liner with a new stainless steel chimney liner is not only a wise choice, but offers you and your home all of these benefits:Safety – Chimney flue tiles are often damaged from corrosive gases eroding the masonry and mortar, chimney fires cracking the clay tiles, or even a shifting foundation. This will leave gaps, allowing toxic carbon monoxide and possibly chimney fire sparks to escape through the cracks into the home, igniting fires. If you have an unlined chimney or a clay tile liner that is many decades old, it is likely that you have cracked tiles or missing mortar that could be letting noxious gases and smoke into your attic or living areas. A stainless steel chimney liner can prevent your flue from allowing heat and sparks to reach the combustible materials inside your home. It can also reduce smoky and smelly down-drafts.Increased performance of your appliance through improved draft – A stainless steel chimney liner is required for increased performance when you are installing a new heating unit (stove or furnace) that will be vented into your masonry chimney. It also improves chimney draft since hotter gases will draw better than colder gases. Good draft improves fuel efficiency through more complete combustion.Reduced creosote – Excessive creosote buildup may be an indication that you have an incorrect flue size. An insulated liner also allows less creosote condensation inside the flue by keeping the combustion gases hotter all the way out of the chimney. Creosote fires are estimated to result in almost 15,000 home fires a year. We offer a Chimney Liner Size Calculator & Selection Guide to help you choose the correct liner for your setup.Affordable – A stainless steel chimney liner can make your home safer for a relatively small investment. These liners are an affordable alternative to most traditional chimney liners. They are less costly than repairing or rebuilding your existing clay flue tiles. They are easier to install than clay tile liners, and the initial installation of stainless steel liners is less expensive. Also, you will have an easier time cleaning this type of liner thanks to the round shape. No square corners to catch deposits of creosote, which makes for a faster, more effective cleaning. See also: Chimney Liner Cost vs. ROILifetime Warranty – Because stainless steel is corrosion resistant, you can expect this liner to last a lifetime virtually problem free. And the complete seal applied to the liner keeps nasty emissions away from your masonry, allowing it to last longer and cutting down on required repairs.