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Olympia Chimney Flue Liner Replacement: The Arlington Heights Owner’s Guide

We stock and install Olympia Chimney-compatible flue liner replacement in Arlington Heights, with most jobs running $2,800-$4,500 installed depending on flue height, diameter, and whether the appliance connection needs reworking. We carry Olympia Chimney liner inventory on our trucks for the 316Ti flexible stainless lines common to their Ventis and Pro-Flex series, and we can typically inspect, confirm fit, and schedule installation within a few business days. The camera doesn’t guess. Neither do we.

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Most Arlington Heights homeowners find out their Olympia Chimney liner is shot during a routine sweep, or when they notice water in the firebox after one of our freeze-thaw winters. In the older colonials near Campbell Street and the split-levels off Rand Road, we see a pattern: the liner was sized for an open fireplace that later got a gas insert jammed in, and the mismatch cooked the steel from the inside out.

Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney’s flexible stainless flue liners fall into two main product families we handle in Arlington Heights: the Ventis series (standard 316Ti flexible liners in diameters from 3″ to 8″) and the Pro-Flex series (heavier-gauge 316Ti with reinforced corrugation for masonry chimneys over 25 feet). The label is usually stamped on the top collar or printed on a tag wire-tied near the appliance connection. If the tag’s gone, we measure inside diameter with a caliper and check wall thickness; Ventis runs .006″-.010″ depending on diameter, while Pro-Flex starts at .012″.

We source replacement liner through Haven’s buying network from Olympia Chimney direct, plus DuraFlex and Gelco equivalents where the spec matches and the price stays honest. The OEM-versus-aftermarket call depends on what’s failing. If the liner body is intact but the top collar is rusted through, we’ll often source an Olympia Chimney collar and pair it with a Gelco or DuraFlex liner body that’s in stock locally, documented in writing before we start. If you’ve got a Ventis 6″ round in a 30-foot Arlington Heights colonial with a poured concrete crown, we need the Pro-Flex gauge or the corrugation will fatigue within three winters.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Flue Liner Replacement Is Failing

• Flaking rust or orange staining inside the firebox. This means the 316Ti liner has lost its passivation layer, usually from condensing gas exhaust or water intrusion through a cracked crown. We see this most in Arlington Heights homes where the chimney cap was never replaced after the 2019 hail season.
• Smoke or CO detector alerts during fireplace use. A breached liner allows exhaust to leak into wall cavities or the smoke chamber. This is not a detector problem. This is a liner breach, and we find it with the camera before we quote anything.
• Chunks of tile or clay in the firebox. If your chimney was originally clay-lined and an Olympia Chimney flexible liner was retrofitted, falling tile means the old liner is collapsing onto the new one, creating blockage points and friction wear.
• Water dripping during spring thaw. The liner’s top seal or storm collar has failed, letting meltwater run down between the liner and clay flue. In Arlington Heights, our March freeze-thaw cycles turn a small gap into a rust channel in one season.
• Difficulty starting or maintaining a fire with no damper issue. The liner may be partially collapsed or delaminated, restricting draft. We measure draft pressure and correlate it with camera footage; if the reading’s off and the liner looks like a crushed soda can, we show you both.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

The range moves with flue height (two-story Arlington Heights colonials with walkout basements push 35 feet), diameter (6″ is standard; 8″ for see-through fireplaces), and whether we need to drop a new appliance connector or parge the smoke chamber flat. Every job gets a written price, written scope, and written warranty before work starts - Haven Standard Clause 1. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to liner work: if the draft reading’s off or the seal leaks, we make it right. Materials are sourced through our buying network; we don’t mark up Olympia Chimney, DuraFlex, or Gelco parts to create phantom “labor discounts.”

DIY or Call Us?

Here’s what you can safely check yourself: shine a flashlight up the flue and look for obvious rust streaks, collapsed sections, or missing chunks. If you’ve got a shop vac and a steady ladder, you can clear loose debris from the firebox - that’s it.

Everything else belongs to a trained crew. Dropping a flexible liner down a masonry flue without damaging the corrugation requires controlled tension and proper alignment with the thimble; kink it once and you’ve got a $1,400 paperweight. The top termination involves working at roof height, often on 6:12 or steeper pitches common in Arlington Heights, with a storm collar that needs to be heat-sealed correctly or it’ll leak within the year. And if you’re dealing with a gas appliance connection, you’re in code territory: Arlington Heights follows the 2021 ICC codes with local amendments, and improper liner sizing for gas BTU output is a red-tag situation. Corrine Halstead and our crew have run camera inspections and liner replacements across the northwest suburbs for years; call (331) 202-2419 and we’ll scope it, price it in writing, and handle the permit if the job requires it.

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