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Olympia Chimney Flue Liner Replacement: The Elizabeth Owner’s Guide

We stock and install Olympia Chimney-compatible flue liner replacement in Elizabeth, with most jobs running between $1,800 and $3,400 installed depending on height, diameter, and whether the surround needs refractory repair. Our trucks carry the common Olympia Chimney stainless and aluminum liner sizes, so we can often measure, match, and install without a second trip. Most Elizabeth homeowners discover the problem during a fall tune-up or when they notice a thin, metallic rattling on windy days followed by a faint smoke smell in the upstairs hallway.

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Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney manufactures several liner series, and the replacement part you need depends on what was originally installed. The Olympia 316Ti flexible stainless liners, common in Elizabeth homes built between 1985 and 2005, carry a part-number prefix that starts with the diameter and wall thickness. Look for a stamped tag near the top of the liner collar, or we can snake a camera and read it for you. The Olympia rigid aluminum line, often found in gas conversions around Peterstown and the older north-end brick stacks, uses a different coupling system that is not interchangeable with the flex series.

We are an independent service provider, not affiliated with Olympia Chimney. For most Elizabeth jobs, we install OEM-equivalent 316Ti stainless from our DuraFlex and Gelco inventory that matches Olympia specs exactly. The only time we insist on factory-direct Olympia is when the existing surround was engineered for their exact outer diameter, which we see occasionally in the tighter flue passages of the 1920s row houses near the port. We measure twice, because a quarter-inch mismatch in an Elizabeth chimney means either a failed seal or a torn surround.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Flue Liner Replacement Is Failing

• Thin metallic rattling or ticking during wind. This usually means the liner has separated from the top collar or developed a longitudinal split. The sound travels through the hollow flue cavity, and in Elizabeth’s older masonry, that cavity acts like a drum.
• Smoke odor in upstairs rooms or attic space. A compromised liner allows exhaust to leak into the surround, then through any gaps in the brickwork. We see this most often after freeze-thaw cycles crack the liner at a joint.
• White or orange staining on the exterior brick below the crown. This is acid condensation eating through a failing liner and leaching salts through the mortar. Left alone, it rots the wall from the inside.
• Difficulty starting or maintaining a fire despite dry wood and open damper. A collapsed or partially detached liner can obstruct draft. In Elizabeth’s tighter construction, even a 20% flow reduction makes a fireplace unusable.
• Visible corrosion or pinholes during inspection. The 316Ti alloy resists acid well, but after 20 to 30 years of Union County’s wet winters and summer humidity, even good stainless can pit through at the flex points.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

The range depends on three things: how many feet of liner we pull and replace, whether the existing top plate and surround can be reused, and whether we need to rebuild refractory around a damaged smoke chamber. We give you a single number before we start, and that is the number on the invoice. Every liner replacement includes our Level-2 camera inspection, photos you can see, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. No arguing, no paperwork chase. If it is not right, we come back.

DIY or Call Us?

An owner can safely check three things: whether the damper opens fully, whether debris is visible from below, and whether the exterior crown shows fresh cracking. Do not attempt to drop a replacement liner yourself. The work requires working on a steep roof with a heavy, flexible stainless coil that can kink or tear if mishandled, and the top termination must be sealed to the surround with high-temp silicone and a proper storm collar. A mis-sealed liner in Elizabeth’s wind-driven rain will leak within a season, and you will not know until the wall rots. We have pulled too many homeowner attempts out of chimneys in Union County. Call (908) 923-3159 and we will measure, match, and install it correctly the first time.

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