Over the summer I noticed that in heavy rain there was a slight trickly of water coming down the stove flue. It appeared to be getting in underneath the chimney collar so I had to take it off, clean everything up, de-rust and re-seal. This video shows how I did it and how it was a bigger job than expected.
Another truly fun and informative DIY video David. I very much enjoy watching all of these and please keep them coming. Please take very good care from . Your Yank fan from Phoenix, Arizona USA ;)
Cheers Michael, glad you enjoy them. Cheers
Brilliant VLOG – I viewed it 3 times already! Especially liked the way you used traditional materials to replace the cement in the flue join. And a special mention for the dextrous use of the thumb as well!
I do, however, have a question (or perhaps a misunderstanding). After you had whacked the bolts through from below, how then did you re-attach them? Presumably the threads would have been damaged, no? Or did you get new ones?
– Karl
I didn’t “whack them through” – I unscrewed them from above as originally planned but in the knowledge that they were merely very, very stiff rather than having any bolts on the underside. I had to just apply lots of force with the ratchet to unscrew them, which I had been reluctant to do when I believed they were secured from below.
Your video brought back memories of similar maintenance jobs in my life and made me think of a product designed to prevent threads seizing up.
Those two bolts that held down the roof penetration of the flue could’ve done with a bit of smearing of this product, and you may have done that off-camera, so sorry if that’s the case.
I recall in my day swearing by a product, called “thread eze” and as I recall Blackwoods had something suitable & I guess most good hardware stores would too now-a-days.
Must mean I enjoyed the video David to be so engrossed in the fidgety details.
Glad you liked it. I didn’t add anything to the bolts because, frankly, I hope never to have to remove them again!
I had the same problem with fire cement. I attacked it with a jig saw and, like you was amazed to withdraw the blade to find all the teeth abraded off.
Glad to know it wasn’t just me. Incredibly tough stuff!