Chimney Cleanout Door Installation
When you look into the cleanout door you should see daylight from the top of the chimney.
Chimney cleanout door installation. This metal chimney vents an oil fired heating boiler. Check the contents of the inside of the cleanout door. The doors are available through online. Installing a cleanout door on the outside of your chimney gives you clear access to the bottom of the chimney to remove ashes and soot.
Flanged frame for masonry installation 10 2 x 10 2 door measures 8 x 8. Here shown during installation you can see that this metal chimney includes a removable cleanout door at the bottom of the tee used to turn from horizontal to vertical in the chimney run. Use a mirror to inspect the interior of the cleanout door and flue. Adding a chimney cleanout door requires cutting the opening and installing a manufactured door that s designed to prevent cool air from entering the chimney.
Typically a cleanout opening is near the bottom base of the chimney. If i had hired a pro to provide and install a door it would have cost at minimal three times or more than what my investment was by doing it myself. Birds could have made nests there or parts of the chimney could have collapsed. The horizontal tee connects through the wall to a boiler on the other side.