Pouring A Chimney Cap

The cap is designed to protect and shed rain water away from the.

Pouring a chimney cap.

A chimney cap sometimes referred to as a crown is a reinforced concrete cap placed over the top of a brick and mortar chimney. A non metal chimney cap costs around 300 to 500 on average. Diy chimney crown repair. I show you all the steps i used chipping out the old crown cutting plywood if you are worried about moisture use 1 2 hardie bac.

Copper chimney caps start at around 200 and go up to over 1 500 but the average price is around 600. Poured concrete chimney caps. Solar music rights management global music rights llc latinautor umpg sony atv publishing latinautor sonyatv umpi. Make sure the dimensions are large enough to cover all of the flues but not any larger than the size of the crown.

Water is a chimney s archenemy. 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. Thick piece of stone atop our chimney was outrageously high. Get a chimney cap taller than the highest flue and the same size as the crown.

It would have a special flashing under the poured concrete that would capture any water that might make it through the concrete cap. Licensed to youtube by wmg sme.