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c/chimney-sweepsjessicac28jessicac2811d agoProlific Poster

Kids are climbing on the clay liner sections and it drives me nuts

Around here in Springfield, a lot of homeowners have those cracked clay flue liners sticking up past the crown, and I keep seeing people leave them exposed after a re-line. Last Tuesday on a job, the homeowner's kid was literally using the broken lip as a step to reach a ball on the roof. I always cut those flush or cap them, but maybe I'm just paranoid. Do you all get called out for that, or do you just flag it and move on?
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hayden466
hayden46611d ago
Oh yeah, kids will find a way to climb anything, but I don't think cutting those flush is paranoid at all. The clay gets brittle after years of weather and that broken lip can snap off real easy under a kid's weight, which is a whole different kind of call back. I'd say it's worth the extra time to cap or cut them, even if the homeowner doesn't ask for it.
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