What are Chimney Liner Kits?

Anytime you purchase something in a kit or group rather than piece by piece you are saving money. Consider your bedding. If you purchase a pillow case, then a fitted sheet, then a top sheet, you'll end up spending much more than picking up a bedding bundle instead. The same holds true for many essentials around your home, including chimney liner kits!

Before you can fully appreciate how convenient these kits are, it may be helpful to go over exactly what is in them. While you probably already know what to expect from a bedding bundle you pick up from a home decor store, you're not sure what's even included in one of the available online chimney liner kits. Will it have everything you need? Will it have more than you need? What even do you need?

The chimney is responsible for not only allowing the products of combustion a passage out of the house, but the draft generated by the chimney also supplies the combustion air to the appliance. Chimney liners provide a correctly sized flue for optimum efficiency of appliances. Today's wood stoves and gas or oil furnaces require correctly sized flexible flue liner kits to perform properly. The consequences of the wrong liner can be catastrophic! An incorrectly sized chimney liner can lead to excessive creosote buildup in wood-burning stoves which can lead to a chimney fire, and the production of carbon monoxide with conventional fuels. Metal chimney liners, usually stainless chimney liners, are primarily used to upgrade and repair existing chimneys. Stainless steel chimney liners are U.L. tested and listed, and if properly installed and maintained are extremely safe and durable.

A flexible stainless steel chimney liner kit is suitable for wood burning, gas, or oil applications. It is highly recommended that high temperature insulation be used with the chimney liner kits for safety and performance considerations when burning wood.

Your chimney liner kit will include a stainless steel liner, a top plate with rain cap, and appliance connector for vertical connections. It's everything you need! Because different homes have different setups, layouts, and materials, there are different chimney kits available. The perfect kit to meet your needs will be different than the perfect kit to meet a different homeowner's needs! Maybe you need a pre-insulated chimney liner kit. Each one of these kits includes an easy-to-do connect system, plus a top plate or flue fit top plate (optional) for the chimneys with the clay tile liner, rain cap with screen to eliminate the pests, and appliance connector for the insert or vertical hook-up.

Of course, you should expect a lifetime transferable chimney liner warranty and complete installation instructions to come with your purchase. After all, you are purchasing this to make your life easier and safer for years to come. If you shop smart and purchase from a well-established and trustworthy website, you'll achieve that goal!

Installing a chimney liner of stainless steel will protect your flue from the transfer of heat in your system to combustibles. It is also considerably less expensive than replacing your chimney. A kit makes it so easy to get everything you need!