My Exhaust Was Blocked

When we go the home inspected we were told about a rusting exhaust pipe coming from the hot water heater and furnace. I just thought this was due to the lack of a chimney cap, letting water come down and rust the pipe.

We had Ryan from Ace Chimney Sweeps  come out and take a look at everything. He gave us several options for our chimney cap and said he could take care of our exhaust issue.

First he took care of the exhaust pipe for the furnace and hot water heater. This is what he found when he took the rusted elbow out of the wall.

As you can see there is absolutely no way for any exhaust gasses to leave the house. I am glad we got this taken care of sooner than later.

This is the rusted vent pipe that was leaking water during a heavy rain.

Once that problem is repaired, it was time to take care of the cause of these issues. This was all caused by the lack of a chimney cap. It let stuff from the huge hickory tree drop right into the chimney and plug things up.

Ryan had to special order a 70" long cap since it's unusually large and uncommon. We went with the modular one to save a little money, and its not like people will be able to see it up close. Its stainless so it'l last forever. Never thought caps could be so expensive.
Here it is installed.

They did a great job!

The basement fireplace needs a lot of help if I ever want to burn wood in there again. It needs a new flue, rebuilt firebox and then some. That will have to wait, need to take care of the priorities first.