Removing Clay Tile Chimney Liner

A rotary tile breaking tool dramatically speeds up the process of removing clay flue tiles.

Removing clay tile chimney liner.

Clay tiles and clay liners are used in many chimneys to line and protect the interior of the flue. There are a lot of companies that do not properly size the liner and fail to remove the flue tiles from the chimney. Socket type joints and self aligning joints are available in round flue liners. Superior clay manufactures a complete line of vitrified clay flue liners from 3 to 36 diameters in round flue liners and from 4 x8 to 24 x24 in square and rectangular flue liners.

Clay flue liners are hard to retrofit in an existing chimney especially if it isn t straight. Many diy homeowners have too small of a flue to fit a stainless steel chimney liner. This allows for proper installation of the liner and ensures that the existing flue tiles do not collapse at a later date and ruin the liner. How to break clay tile out of a chimney.

Even for a straight run it s necessary to break through chimney walls every few vertical feet to gain access for removing the old flue tile and laying up the new tile.