The rents are re-renovating my house, (it was built in the fifties) and we found some vermiculite in the attic. We know that they used it for insulation, but we want to remove it. I was wondering if it was cancerous. And if it is, if there are any safe ways of removing it?
did you verify to ascertain that a 4 in. pipe is massive sufficient...maximum of todays timber stoves are so air tight and damped down that insulated flues are had to maintain the stack heat and to help decelerate the formation of creosote...this recommendation got here from a range producer ...i in simple terms outfitted a brick chimney with a clay liner and grew to become into advised via the range broking to insulate around the flue with zonolite...
either or, think its 6 of one and half dozen of the other...insulation kit sounds easier to mess with...vermiculite is ok if your adding it as you build the chimney...
I had a hardwood furnace for over 30 years in Northern Minnesota. I had a twelve foot triple lined ten inch chimney through a block chimney. I never had a problem with creosote. The chimney burned cool enough to stop the creosote and it would fall to the bottom, I would clean it out in the spring. I did use flares for safety to make sure it stayed clean.
Hmmm, last thing I knew is that all combustibles must be at least three inches away from the stainless steel pipe. I would just stick the pipe through the chimney. Heat loss causes creosote build up. Yep! Have you heard the bad stuff about breathing dust from Vermiculite? Saw a documentary on Tv the other day, about the workers who make the stuff, dying of a cancer like asbestiosis,(sp). Guess you better go with the foil back ceramic wool blanket. This sounds like a recipe for a fire! Clean the chimney out regularly, and use the salt stuff once in a while to clean. Got the name of a good chimney sweep?
