These guys came to reline the boiler chimney in my two story brick townhouse in Long Island City.
I'm at the end of the row, and the chimney in question is on the outside of the building, where it has suffered neglect probably since the house was built many, many years ago. Condensation had wiped out over 75% of the mortar in the (completely unlined) brick interior and at the top, you could easily stick your finger between the bricks on the inside. I discovered that parts of the wall in my living room would get hot when the boiler ran. Furthermore, there were bends in the flue, and when I looked up conventional relining methods, it sounded like major masonry work to get it fixed. Flexible stainless steel tubing with holes bashed in the interior walls at every floor to make sure it was sitting correctly at each bend. What a nightmare!
Then, along came Vick with his Proform liner system. If you're reading this, you should just look at a couple of youtube videos about it. It easily deals with a host of things that have always been huge problems in the past.
Anyway, the materials had to be ordered about a month in advance, and then, on the appointed day, he and his men started at about 9AM. They completed all the work and were done and gone (work area clean and neat, truck tail lights disappearing down the block) by 5PM. The work was discreet and didn't make a huge exterior (or interior) mess or a ton of noise that might upset the neighbors or residents of my building. The small mess that did occur around the boiler (where they had to open up the brick work to install the Proform) was well contained.
Amazing, and totally the opposite experience of the nightmare I feared using stainless tubing. Highly, highly recommended. read more