1.0HomeAdditionPlus.comhttps://homeadditionplus.com/devmdonovanhttps://homeadditionplus.com/dev/author/mdonovan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6uteFPZppT"><a href="https://homeadditionplus.com/dev/heating/cementing-furnace-exhaust-ductwork-and-chimneys/">Cementing Furnace Exhaust Ductwork and Chimneys</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://homeadditionplus.com/dev/heating/cementing-furnace-exhaust-ductwork-and-chimneys/embed/#?secret=6uteFPZppT" width="600" height="338" title="“Cementing Furnace Exhaust Ductwork and Chimneys” — HomeAdditionPlus.com" data-secret="6uteFPZppT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Protect your Home from Fire by Cementing Furnace Exhaust Pipes to the Chimney By Mark J. Donovan During a recent home inspection of my vacation home, the home inspector discovered something that I had missed before with my hot air and hot water furnaces. The tin exhaust ductwork associated with each furnace was not properly seated into the chimney flue holes. Moreover, there was no furnace cement applied to the chimney and exhaust pipes were the pipes connected to the chimney flue holes. As a result, my home had been…http://homeadditionplus.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Furnace_duct_piping-225x300.jpg