Walking the new liner, laid out at the curb

Before it goes anywhere near the roof, the full liner run is uncoiled and walked along the front path to check its length and condition.

Walking the new liner, laid out at the curb

Before any liner touches a roof, it gets uncoiled and walked at the curb. This clip follows the new run stretched out along the front path, where its length and condition can be checked in seconds. Finding a problem on the ground costs nothing; discovering one at the flue costs the afternoon.

What is happening in this clip

The camera walks the full length of the uncoiled liner from the sidewalk toward the house. This is the quiet quality-control step: confirming the run is the measured length, the corrugations are clean, and nothing was crushed in transport.

Measured twice on purpose

The flue was measured during the camera inspection, and the liner is verified against that number before the climb. A liner cut short on the roof is a wasted part; a liner checked at the curb is a fifteen minute insurance policy.

From the curb to the flue

Once checked, the liner goes up and down the chimney as one continuous piece, and the day ends with a new cap sealing the system. The other clips in this project show both.

See the full project: Two brick chimneys relined and capped in one Boulder day

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