Chimney Liner Inspection
The liner is the chimney's most safety-critical part — and the hardest to see. Our camera shows its true condition.
The liner is the inner surface of your flue: the barrier that contains heat and combustion gases and keeps them away from the surrounding masonry and your home's framing. Because it's hidden, the only reliable way to know its condition is a camera inspection — which is exactly what a liner inspection provides.
Roosevelt Chimney Works scans the full length of the liner with an inspection camera, documenting cracks, gaps, spalling tile, corrosion, and blockages. It's the essential first step before any liner repair or replacement decision, and a standard part of a thorough chimney inspection.
When a liner inspection is needed
- After a chimney fire, which can crack clay tiles.
- In any older chimney with an original clay-tile liner.
- Before installing a new stove, insert, or appliance.
- When you find tile pieces in the firebox.
- As part of a real estate transaction.
What we look for
We run a camera the full length of the flue and examine the liner joint by joint: cracked or missing tile, gaps at the joints, gaps between liner sections, spalling, corrosion on metal liners, and any blockage. Damage here is a genuine safety concern — a compromised liner can let heat reach framing or allow carbon monoxide into living spaces.
You see the footage and get a clear verdict: sound, repairable, or in need of replacement. That evidence-first approach means any recommendation that follows is one you can understand and trust.
Pittsburgh & Western PA context
Older Pittsburgh chimneys frequently have original clay-tile liners that decades of heat cycling and freeze-thaw have cracked. A camera inspection is the only way to know for sure — and it often reveals problems no flashlight from below could catch.
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Serving Pittsburgh · Mt. Lebanon · Upper St. Clair · Bethel Park · South Park · Baldwin · Whitehall · Brentwood & many more communities across Greater Pittsburgh.
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- Repairs recommended before replacement
- Serving Greater Pittsburgh & ~60 miles around
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