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Old 02-10-2007, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
i wouldn't try that!

one of the things i read suggested that the heat shock would shatter the flue liner. and the vibration from the burning would literally shake a lightly built chimney apart!

tom w
That's it Tom, the heat will crack the tiles long before it's ever get hot enough to melt them. I experienced a chimney fire once and the whole house was shaking.
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