What is XPS? Never heard that designation before. Thanks, Tom
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael baldwin Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chimney Top Cover Get some of that XPS that is used for insulation, cut to fit, cuts real easy with a hand saw, push it down the chimney a few inches. Then use some of that great stuff spray foam on top to make sure it is all sealed up, then put a chimney cap on it to prevent rain and snow from sitting on top of the foam. XPS is what first came to mind, but probably anything you can stuff in there to hold the spray foam up should work. Michael _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Tom Hodges Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:54 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Chimney Top Cover I have a 115 year old house and the chimney tops are the clay decorative type. They are about 30 to 34 inches high, the bottom ends are about 10 to 12 inches square, and the tops are about 9 or 10 inches in diameter. Here is the problem. I want to plug them at the top, to keep out rain, but also to keep them from drawing air out of the house because the dampers are not air tight. I have 5 of them and four are from fireplaces that are no longer in use, and one is the vent for my water heater. I want to plug the ones that are for the fire places because I will be using bventless gas log sets ultimately. Does anyone know of a way to plug them at the top? I am aware of the sheep metal tops to keep out the rain, but I want to plug them to be air tight. Any ideas? Thanks, Tom , Newport, Kentucky [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
