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Famco Chimney Liner & Rebuild in Annapolis: What to Know First

We provide independent Famco chimney liner installation, replacement, and full rebuilds in Annapolis, MD. Most liner jobs take one day on site, and full rebuilds typically run three to five days depending on how much of the flue and crown is coming down. Every job gets a written price before any tools come off the truck, so you’ll know the dollar figure before you decide anything. Call (443) 274-4231 if you own a Famco unit and need answers now. If you’re an Annapolis homeowner researching whether your Famco liner is actually at the end of its service life, this page covers how Famco products fail, what we do differently on them, and what the work costs in this market.

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How Famco Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Famco 430-series flexible liners: seam stress at the first offset. In older Annapolis townhomes and waterfront rowhouses, we regularly see 430-series liners with hairline splits at the first elbow above the smoke chamber. The cause is almost always the same: the liner was pulled through a tight offset without a proper liner guide, and a decade of thermal cycling finished the job. The fix is a full liner replacement sized correctly for the offset, not a patch. We pull the old liner, camera the flue, and install a new liner with the right insulation wrap for the flue’s clearance.
• Famco rigid stainless sections: corrosion where the tee meets the cleanout. The tee at the base of the flue is the drainage point for every rain event the cap lets past. We find pitting and through-corrosion on Famco rigid section tees in Annapolis homes where the cap was replaced but the tee never got looked at. This is a replacement part job, and we source Famco-compatible tees and connector bands rather than forcing a mismatched aftermarket piece that leaks at the joint.
• Famco clay tile replacements with chimney height codes that changed. Some older Annapolis chimneys were relined with Famco clay tiles under code requirements that no longer apply. When the crown spalls and water gets behind the tiles, the tiles crack in the middle third of the flue. We replace the damaged tile sections or convert to a stainless liner, depending on what the camera shows and what the written estimate says.
• Improperly mixed crown mortar over Famco flue terminations. We see crowns poured too thin, and the Famco flue termination ends up the high point instead of the crown. Water pools around the flue base, freezes in Annapolis winters, and splits the crown. The rebuild involves dropping the liner connection, repouring the crown with a proper slope away from the flue, and resetting the termination with the right expansion gap.
• Disconnected Famco liner from the appliance connector. In homes where the furnace or boiler was replaced, the appliance connector sometimes got knocked loose from the Famco liner and simply shoved back. That leave a gap that spills flue gas into the chase rather than up the chimney. We camera the full run, verify the connection at both ends, and resecure or replace the connector with the correct size and type for the appliance BTU rating.

Our Famco Chimney Liner & Rebuild Process

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   You call (443) 274-4231 and we book the visit. A live person answers. You get a named tech and a text when we’re on the way.
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   Camera down the flue first. Every Famco job starts with an NFPA 211 Level 2 camera scan. We’re looking at the liner surface, the joints, the tee, the crown connection, and the smoke chamber. You see the photos before we recommend anything.
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   Written scope and written price delivered before work starts. No verbal ballparks. No “we’ll know more once we’re inside.” The written price covers the liner replacement, the rebuild, the parts, and the cleanup.
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   Parts decision: OEM Famco or quality aftermarket. When Famco-specific parts matter, we order them. When a DuraFlex or Gelco liner does the same job for less money and meets the same spec, we say so in writing and you choose. As an independent Famco service provider, we’re not locked to one parts shelf.
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   The repair or rebuild, done with the flue protected. Liners get insulated and secured correctly at the top and bottom. Rebuilds get proper crown slope, correctly mixed mortar, and a termination that sheds water instead of catching it.
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   Camera verification and the written record. After the job, we camera the flue again and hand you the photo record: before, after, and the written warranty. That’s Clause 4 of the Haven Standard, and we’ve done it on every job since 2009.

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What Famco Chimney Liner & Rebuild Costs in Annapolis

Here are the numbers we write on estimates in Annapolis, not ranges from a national website:

• Famco stainless liner replacement, single flue, one story: $2,400-$3,800
• Famco liner replacement with insulation wrap: add $400-$700
• Famco tee and connector replacement: $350-$650
• Crown rebuild over existing Famco liner: $1,100-$1,900
• Partial rebuild (crown, top 3-5 courses, liner reset): $2,800-$4,200
• Full chimney rebuild from the roofline up, with new liner: $6,500-$12,000

What moves the price in Annapolis: roof pitch and access (many Eastport and Murray Hill rooflines are steep), whether the liner is one story or three, how much masonry is spalled, and whether the flue needs an insulation wrap to meet clearance. Call (443) 274-4231 and we’ll give you a written estimate for your specific Famco job. It’s free.

Why Annapolis Homeowners Call Level Two Chimney Annapolis for Famco Work

Corrine Halstead built this shop around one habit: camera first, written price second, and a documented record before we leave. Her techs know Famco products because they’ve pulled enough of them apart to know where they fail and where they’re fine. We also work with DuraFlex, HeatShield, and Gelco, so if your Famco liner is beyond its service life and a different brand meets the same spec at a better price, we’ll tell you that in writing. The 365-Day Done Right Promise means if it’s not done right, we make it right, and that’s stamped on every job under the Haven Standard. We’re independently owned and operated, background-checked crew, and the license number is on this page. No call center, no voicemail box, no web form that disappears into a CRM. You call, a person answers.

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