How To Use Vermiculite In Chimneys

This diy project includes pictures of a real installation of a wood burning stove.

How to use vermiculite in chimneys.

We explain how to fit a flue liner into the chimney and insulate it with vermiculite. Vermiculite is a light weight naturally occurring mineral which is an excellent heat insulator. Fitting a flue liner how to fit a flue liner into a chimney for a woodburner or fire. Filling between a tin flue and the chimney could be a disaster if the insulation caused the tin to overheat and a hot spot that could easily ignite any creosote.

It can be used to pour back down the chimney filling the void between the brick chinmey and the flexible flue liner. Hello having a chimney built its a concrete linear with vermiculite infill to chimney stack read on the bag the vermicuite comes in that it can be used with cement mix for infill the bricky however says that on all the work hes ever done on chimneys they always pour the vermiculite straight in the brickys a good bloke and i believe thats how it can be done as well but wondered if any one. I have my reservations about these methods. Forget about using vermiculite in a diy concrete.

This stuff absorbs and retains water so if your chimney leaks water at all the insulation material will gradually get wetter absorbing like a sponge.