How To Install Chimney Cleanout Door

Steps in installing a new or re installing a fallen out chimney cleanout door.

How to install chimney cleanout door.

Raw masonry below the chimney thimble. Check the contents of the inside of the cleanout door. Sure kenny you can paint a metal cleanout door on a chimney. Cleanout doors provide access to the ash drop below the firebox in masonry fireplaces.

On 2017 04 02 by mod re. Installing a cleanout door on the outside of your chimney gives you clear access to the bottom of the chimney to remove ashes and soot. The door installs in the exterior wall of the chimney and allows you to remove creosote and ash that. How to install a chimney cleanout door or ash cleanout door in a masonry chimney.

Thank you for the help on this. A cast iron chimney cleanout opening door from u s. When you look into the cleanout door you should see daylight from the top of the chimney. This door has rotted out and is not a nice access for mice and other critters.

Birds could have made nests there or parts of the chimney could have collapsed. Typically a cleanout opening is near the bottom base of the chimney. I need to install a cast iron chimney clean out door into an 8 x 8 square opening in the conder blocks. I have not been able to find anyone to replace this door or even a place to purchase a new one so that i can put it in myself.

On 2017 04 02 by kenny. The frame of the cast iron door assembly slides part way into the 8 x 8 suare hole and it looks like there must be some type of motar cement that s used to afix the door assembly to the opening. On 2017 03 29 by mod re. At the bottom of my chimney is a steel clean out door probably about 1 foot square.

If your chimney currently does not have a cleanout door it is necessary to create an opening in the side of the chimney. Otherwise the flue may be blocked. I would recommend use of a high grade exterior paint specified for use on metal. Use a mirror to inspect the interior of the cleanout door and flue.

Replacing cleanout door on chimney.