Chimney Caps

[Preston]

And once they're in the house, just try catching one. They find everything to hide behind and the house is just a mess after catching it. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[MotorSeven]

I removed the stupid clogging screen from the shop stove flue and don't have any draft problems anymore. If your worried abotu critters just cover the flue during the non-burn season. My house has a Windbeater cap that was not even designed for a screen.

 

[Preston]

That's what I've been doing. But one of two things is going on. I'm getting to old or the ladder is getting to tall. The wife is raising the devil about me and that 40 foot ladder.

 

[Ayatollah]

That's what I've been doing. But one of two things is going on. I'm getting to old or the ladder is getting to tall. The wife is raising the devil about me and that 40 foot ladder.

Your wife is a wise woman, and obviously not motivated by a life insurance payout. 40' is a significant height for a ladder. Gravity remains fairly constant, and then you factor in age, health, and...here's the biggie....odds. Everyone misses a step eventually.

 

[MotorSeven]

Man I hate ladders they give me the willies. My flue on the log house is on the creekside bluff. If I fall, it's about 40' down to the bank, then a tuck & roll for another 100' through rock & trees to the creek. I bought a Sooteater, but I plan on attaching a hard point anchor ring to the metal roof above the flue so I can tie in whenever I have to get up there. A safety harness, ropes and caribiners are way more comforting then a dang 40' ladder:msp_blink:

 

[BrokenToys]

I would like to see a cap the birds and snakes can't go through without the screen..

I honestly can't stop laughing. Not busting on you; just the thought of a snake in my chimney would freak me right the **** out.

 

[Iron Head]

Get an 2 or 3 ft extension for the pipe. I can't imagine any snakes want to be totally exposed to climb on top of the roof and then an extra 3ft above the platform of the roof just to get inside a pipe. It's not their instinct.

 

[Mad Professor]

You think a slilly cap is going to stop sparks?

 

[Ayatollah]

You think a slilly cap is going to stop sparks?

Ah...no. Not sparks. But floating bits of newspaper and leaves still clinging to your wood. The open hearth is notorious for that, but I've seen it a bit with the insert too

 

[Preston]

Get an 2 or 3 ft extension for the pipe. I can't imagine any snakes want to be totally exposed to climb on top of the roof and then an extra 3ft above the platform of the roof just to get inside a pipe. It's not their instinchere t.

These black snakes around here climb right up the outside stone. Now how they made it down inside I don't know. I've had 2 pretty big ones here that thought we were best of friends. One wanted to live in my shed over head. I would be in there working and that thing would come our, stretch out across the rafters and just watch. She was about 5 ft. I really didn't mind till I got chickens. The chicks are a real treat to them and I couldn't have that. I moved her 3 times, off quite a ways but she wouldn't stay. I finally had to do her in. Lotsa black snakes here.