Purchase vermiculite or perlite from garden supply store in 4 cu.
Vermiculite chimney insulation mix.
Haul bags up to rooftop.
Vermiculite is used as a lightweight filler liquid absorbent for dangerous goods and lab packing and as a liquid.
It can be used to pour back down the chimney filling the void between the brick chinmey and the flexible flue liner.
The raw vermiculite is mined and graded in varying parts of the world prior to being exfoliated in our plant.
The inter laminar air spaces created imparting excellent thermal insulation properties on the material.
Use to fill in voids and corners around a cera foil insulated flue liner.
Simply prepare by gradually adding 4 7 gallons of water.
Pour the mix around the chimney liner while shaking the liner.
Vermiculite is a light weight naturally occurring mineral which is an excellent heat insulator.
Vermiculite is ideal as a pool base under vinyl lined pools chimney insulation mix light weight aggregate in plaster and concrete attic insulation aggregate in spray on fireproofing and as a masonry fill insulation.
How many vermiculite bags of fireflex chimney insulation mix are needed for your installation.
Lift liner a tad to settle any bridging and top off as needed.
Pour around stainless steel liner if no room for blanket wrap.
100litre bag of vermiculite insulation for backfilling the chimney around the liner.
Super mix and perlite hi temp insulating material.
This can promote damp walls in rooms that previously were problem free.
Place liner top plate and clamp tight seal with rtv silicon to minimize air leakage through insulation.
Everguard insulation mix is a ready mix vermiculite based insulation material.
I have my reservations about these methods.
Perlite is the choice to super insulate the rear of the bellfires firebox behind the 1 inch cera foil blanket.
Fireside s poured insulation is a mixed vermiculite masonry material used for chimney flue insulation.
This stuff absorbs and retains water so if your chimney leaks water at all the insulation material will gradually get wetter absorbing like a sponge.
Pour content of bag in space between liner and old chimney.
A chimney that is 13 long x 13 wide and is 15 tall with a 6 liner installed needs 8 bags of fireflex mix.