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Cowl on disused chimney

  • 05-12-2019 6:24pm
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    We had our fireplace removed and bricked up. It has a stove in it. I think it was bunged with earthwool insulation, so I think this would get mouldy if left damp. A generic cowl was fitted on the top. I think a disused chimney cowl/cap should be used because it will keep our a lot more rain. How much does this matter?

    The cowl that was put on looks roughly like this:

    RainCowl-StainlessSteel-1-900x900.jpg

    The gap is pretty high so some rain would still get in. I might just replace it myself. Is that a bad idea?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,578 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    There's a terracotta plug you can get in a builders providers that just sits in your chimney ,it closes the pot but is not air tight ,

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Markcheese wrote: »
    There's a terracotta plug you can get in a builders providers that just sits in your chimney ,it closes the pot but is not air tight ,
    Yeah that's the type I was thinking. Dunno how much it matters though?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭selfbuild17


    Yea, I’d replace it with something like this that provides ventilation while also keeping out most of the rain

    https://topcap.ie/shop/mad-cowls/capping-cowl/


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