Probably a silly question

[Old Son]

To save me going mad, can somebody confirm that my roof collar is fitted the correct way up when the tapered end sits facing up - to receive the chimney. What would be the point of having a tapered piece in the ceiling void?? The more I read this the more I know the answer.

[casper ghost]

Mine tappers both sides, but it's easiest to tell by looking at the bolt holes which are fairly obvious which way around they shoud go. Also any writting on the flange will be on the outside..

Casp'

[RobinJ]

To save me going mad, can somebody confirm that my roof collar is fitted the correct way up when the tapered end sits facing up - to receive the chimney. What would be the point of having a tapered piece in the ceiling void?? The more I read this the more I know the answer.

Its usually obvious which way up they go as the underside of the casting is normally hollowed out! Older ones may be m ore solid.

However, when I resealed mine some years ago, I found it had been fitted wrong way round, so the chimney leaned outwards when fitted! Could explain why I had a lot of chimney damage for the first few years!

I have seen flat ones, so there are at least two types, flat and canted?

[Old Son]

Thanks. When I checked I found the bolts would only go in one way. Similar to Casper, I have tapers both ends. I am really pleased though, it is looking pretty straight.

 

I hace sealed it using my very high temprature silicon. Hopefully it will keep the water out!!

[DHutch]

Hopefully it will keep the water out!!

Thats what you after.

- Certainly with our boat i found, the number one issue to keeping the thing dry is deak-head leaks!