Pouring Chimney Cap

Poured in place chimney cap issue 46 we needed a chimney cap to keep the rain from pouring down our fireplace flue but the estimate we got to install a 2 1 2 ft.

Pouring chimney cap.

The cap is designed to protect and shed rain water away from the. Slide the cap over the top of the flue. A chimney cap sometimes referred to as a crown is a reinforced concrete cap placed over the top of a brick and mortar chimney. Stainless steel chimney caps cost between 50 and 500 with around 200 being the more common price.

It would have a special flashing under the. Thick piece of stone atop our chimney was outrageously high. The chimney cap i d build would be a reinforced sloped concrete slab that would overhang the edges of your stone chimney by about 3 inches on all sides. Slowly lower the cap onto the flue and push it down as far as it will go.

A non metal chimney cap costs around 300 to 500 on average. Single flue caps are the easiest to mount since they sit right on top of the flue.