Chimney Cleanout Door Leak
I would say to get on a ladder take a look at the top of the.
Chimney cleanout door leak. You can see that the very purpose of the chimney crown is to keep rain out. On 2018 08 05 by mod replacing the chimney cleanout door replacing the chimney cleanout door assuming it is on the inside of the building would not explain a water leak problem through the chimney into the building unless in the course of replacing the door someone pounded on masonry and cracked or broke the chimney walls. He inserted a plastic hose and ran over to a floor drain. That will narrow down the area where the water is coming in.
It s always below the chimney but it s usually in your utility room. Use a plumber s putty or even play doh to build a dam on the floor around the cleanout door area. What this is the metal door that is usually in your furnace room. One of the most prevalent calls that we get is water coming in the hatch which is the actual clean out for your chimney.
It has an angled top to shed water and it overhangs the brick to keep drips off the chimney sides. The mudcap may be compromised. The chimney crown is the cement part on top of the chimney. The metal chimney cap may be too small for the flue tile or 3.
A homeowner drilled a hole into the chimney pit about 4 inches below the metal clean out door and into the water sitting in there. The crown of a masonry chimney is a concrete top that ideally looks something like the one shown. It surrounds the clay flues but doesn t encase them. Move the shelves out of the way and make the dam around a fairly large area.
Open the chimney cleanout door inspect the chimney base masonry chimney fragments falling from above see masonry fragments debris at the cleanout signs of heavy creosote deposits a completely blocked cleanout by decades of fallen debris. There doesn t appear to be any visible source of a leak from your pix. The water penetration is coming in through the ground. Soot creosote chimney fragments can accumulate so.
The bricks go up around the tile flue liners but at the top you need something to stop the rain and snow from just falling in around the tiles.