Chimney Maintenance Tips

Good afternoon, everybody.

This is Chris Berger, your local real estate agent in the Hudson Valley region of New York. It’s time for a Berger Point.

I wanted to point out to you today that when you’re looking at a rooftop and you see a chimney, then you know a couple of things.

One, it probably has an oil burner and that’s how it heats the house.

Two, in all probability, it also has a fireplace.


So I’ll check this out and we’ll give you a little closer look.


One thing I wanted to point out to you is that you see the piece of flagstone across the top, and that’s for or called the chimney cap.

Now, it can either be done in stone or they actually make steel caps.


Now, as we look at the flues, the sizes, the eight by eight, which is over on the left as we’re looking at it, that’s traditionally for your oil burner.


The next size is an 8x12 or 12x12, which should be used for a fireplace and because this house was built in the 60s, they used an 8x12 flue.

However, I would recommend a 12x12 flue for a better draft, okay?

But what they do today and what they do offer in a chimney cap, you can put the cap on and has a built in fan.

So that way it draws the air up and out of the house, out of your fireplace.

Now, keep in mind the reason for the cap is to keep the water out because that will actually corrupt your system, whether it’s the oil burner or your fireplace.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the view from the roof today.

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And there’s nothing like watching a little Neil Diamond who we saw back in, I believe, the year 2000, and a couple of other times before he retired, which, what a fabulous man and show he puts on.

And nothing better to listen to some music, enjoy the fire behind me.

That’s the Berger Point of the day.
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Hello! I'm Chris Berger and I'm sharing my 40+ years of experience as an NY & FL realtor, home renov & prop mgmt. Yankees fan. Concert goer. Dog lover. Granddad.

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