A tool, for lifting a liner tile from the interior of a chimney or other vertical cavity, for use when the principal axis of the tool is in vertical orientation, which comprises: a first arm having a first end and a second end; a second arm, having a first end and a second end, pivotably connected to the first arm by a first pin; two opposing jaws (38, 36), each jaw (38, 36) connected to the second end of an arm (34, 32)and having a tile-wall grasping surface, wherein pivoting of the arms (34, 32) about the first pin moves the tile grasping surfaces into opposingly spaced apart position equidistant from a first axis; wherein a portion of at least one jaw (38, 36) is a flat or curved plate, for fitting into a space between a liner tile and the interior side of a chimney; an actuating mechanism, connecting the first ends of the arms (34, 32), for moving the first ends of the arms (34, 32) relative to each other and for thereby opening and closing the jaws (38, 36), characterised in that the actuating mechanism comprising a screw, journaled in an element of the actuating mechanism that is connected directly or indirectly to one or both arms (32, 34), the screw having a lifting end which is connectable to a lifting rod; wherein the tool has a principal axis running through the location of the lifting end of the lifting end of the screw; and wherein the first axis is offset from the principal axis; a nut, engaged with the threaded portion of the screw, so the nut moves along the length of the screw when the screw is turned; and at least one toggle element connecting the nut and one of the arms (34, 32), so movement of the nut along the length of the screw moves the toggle and thereby the one arm (34, 32). a first arm having a first end and a second end; a second arm, having a first end and a second end, pivotably connected to the first arm by a first pin; two opposing jaws (38, 36), each jaw (38, 36) connected to the second end of an arm (34, 32)and having a tile-wall grasping surface, wherein pivoting of the arms (34, 32) about the first pin moves the tile grasping surfaces into opposingly spaced apart position equidistant from a first axis; wherein a portion of at least one jaw (38, 36) is a flat or curved plate, for fitting into a space between a liner tile and the interior side of a chimney; an actuating mechanism, connecting the first ends of the arms (34, 32), for moving the first ends of the arms (34, 32) relative to each other and for thereby opening and closing the jaws (38, 36), characterised in that the actuating mechanism comprising a screw, journaled in an element of the actuating mechanism that is connected directly or indirectly to one or both arms (32, 34), the screw having a lifting end which is connectable to a lifting rod; wherein the tool has a principal axis running through the location of the lifting end of the lifting end of the screw; and wherein the first axis is offset from the principal axis; a nut, engaged with the threaded portion of the screw, so the nut moves along the length of the screw when the screw is turned; and at least one toggle element connecting the nut and one of the arms (34, 32), so movement of the nut along the length of the screw moves the toggle and thereby the one arm (34, 32).