Just realized how many old houses in my town still have unlined chimneys.

Was looking at some old city inspection records from the 70s at the library. Found a note that over 60% of the homes built before 1950 in Springfield never got a proper flue liner installed. Always just assumed most got updated by now. Makes sense why we see so much crumbling mortar on those jobs. Anyone else run into this a lot in older neighborhoods?

3 comments

3 Comments

linda_ward27d ago

That note from the 70s is probably way out of date. Most of those old chimneys have been fixed up by now, or they work fine without a liner.

harper_wright26d ago

Our 1920s bungalow still has the original brick flue.

uma_baker9913d ago

But is it even a real problem?