How To Build Clay Tile Roof Over Chimney

After a clay flue has been fired the clay is very hard.

How to build clay tile roof over chimney. Understanding clay flue liner advantages. Don t overdrive the nail. See more ideas about miniatures tutorials doll house miniture things. How to tile a roof with clay or concrete tiles new roof duration.

Verify that the tile overhangs the end of the batten by two inches. My husband removed clay chimney tiles with brick tongs. Once it is the right. Chimney top and clay tile flue liner repair guide guide to repair of masonry chimney top damage from the rooftop guide to inspection repair of damaged ceramic clay flue liners at chimney tops chimney top and clay tile flue liner repair guide questions answers about repairs made at the portion of chimneys that extends above the building roof.

This is a rectangular house with a single long peak running north south along the length of the house. To cut a vitreous chimney flue liner you need a diamond blade mounted in an electric or gas powered saw. The internal walls of older chimneys tend to become porous over a period of sustained usage. Concrete tiles which are usually lighter than clay tiles can easily place over 10 pounds of weight per square foot on a roof.

The wind normally blows from. For a prefabricated metal fireplace the smoke chamber. If you are adding tiles to a roof that did not previously have them or to a design which did not originally incorporate them the roof may not be capable of carrying the excess weight. At the top of the chimney the round clay flue extends about 4 3 4 inches above the concrete which seems to put it about 2 or 3 feet higher than the peak of the roof.

My flue is clay tile inside a brick chimney. Drive a 10d nail at the base of the clay tile into the batten. As you build up the walls of the chimney with bricks make sure that it is level on all planes. The surface of a diamond blade is impregnated with bits of actual diamonds the only thing strong enough to cut through kiln fired ceramic clay.

Take a level and check. Position the first tile on the batten with the crown facing up and center the tile from side to side. Thus they present an easily attachable surface for smoke and chimney soot.