Vermiculite Chimney Insulation Mix

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Vermiculite chimney insulation mix. Pour content of bag in space between liner and old chimney. This can promote damp walls in rooms that previously were problem free. I have my reservations about these methods. A chimney that is 13 long x 13 wide and is 15 tall with a 6 liner installed needs 8 bags of fireflex mix.

Pour around stainless steel liner if no room for blanket wrap. 100litre bag of vermiculite insulation for backfilling the chimney around the liner. Pour the mix around the chimney liner while shaking the liner. Use to fill in voids and corners around a cera foil insulated flue liner.

Update 26 sept 2018. Perlite is the choice to super insulate the rear of the bellfires firebox behind the 1 inch cera foil blanket. Everguard insulation mix is a ready mix vermiculite based insulation material. The raw vermiculite is mined and graded in varying parts of the world prior to being exfoliated in our plant.

How many vermiculite bags of fireflex chimney insulation mix are needed for your installation. Fireside s poured insulation is a mixed vermiculite masonry material used for chimney flue insulation. Place liner top plate and clamp tight seal with rtv silicon to minimize air leakage through insulation. The inter laminar air spaces created imparting excellent thermal insulation properties on the material.

Vermiculite also known as micafil is a excellent insulating material capable of withstanding temperatures in excess of 1000c the free flowing properties of loose fill vermiculite make installation very simple with the flue liner already connected to the stove pipe and register plate in place and secure leave the liner protruding from the top of the chimney or pot then pour the insulation. Simply prepare by gradually adding 4 7 gallons of water. Lift liner a tad to settle any bridging and top off as needed. Vermiculite is ideal as a pool base under vinyl lined pools chimney insulation mix light weight aggregate in plaster and concrete attic insulation aggregate in spray on fireproofing and as a masonry fill insulation.

This stuff absorbs and retains water so if your chimney leaks water at all the insulation material will gradually get wetter absorbing like a sponge. Super mix and perlite hi temp insulating material. Purchase vermiculite or perlite from garden supply store in 4 cu. Vermiculite is used as a lightweight filler liquid absorbent for dangerous goods and lab packing and as a liquid.