Recourse for Installer Not Pulling Permit?

The aspect of code it doesn't meet is the insulated or not insulated liner?

And an insulated liner is not whats there, and will not fit?

If there were ever an issue, would insurance look to wiggle out of a claim b/c your system wasnt installed to code?

What if codes are simply minimum standards?

Rhetorical questions only. Our situation will be different than yours for sure.

Yes you will burn drier wood, but what if something else happens? Is relying on human behavior for safety better than a mechanical safety?

If a chimney company installed something not to code, and they are the experts in that field, yeah, I'd want to know they are that way in thier reviews online.

My inspector didn't care so much that i had the thing installed as much as I would have to uninstall something so he could see the liner. Then put it back together.....so I asked where to stop and he told me. The permit is soley a money maker for my town. There was no licensing for any of the install....I ultimately could have done it myself and they wouldn't have cared.

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Sca

 

How is your setup not up to code, Correct me if I'm wrong, you have a round stainless liner, installed inside a clay flue liner, inside a masonry chimney. Sounds like you have all the clearance to combustibles covered.

 

I'd install to code.If contractor doesn't want to do that don't get a lawyer contact the Attorney General's office and submit a complaint.They'll make him do it right and they won't charge you for the service.

 

Correct--I have a round SS liner inside of clay tiles, which are inside masonry. However, since the SS liner is not insulated, there must be 12' of clearance between the flue and any wood outside the masonry. I have wood directly abutting the masonry.

 

How about a few pictures so we all have half of a clue what we are talking about?

 

I believe that the 2 inches of air between your clay tile and the masonry chimney is up to code. Your stainless liner is added gravy.