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

We stock and install Olympia Chimney-compatible flue liner replacements in Camden, with typical installed pricing running $2,800-$4,200 for a standard single-flue stainless steel liner and $3,500-$5,800 for insulated or multi-flue setups. Most Olympia Chimney liner jobs we book in Camden are completed in one day once parts are confirmed. You usually discover the failure during a sweep when the camera hits a gap, a shifted clay tile, or corrosion scaling inside an older stainless liner, often after smelling smoke in an upstairs bedroom or finding debris in the firebox.

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Which Olympia Chimney Models This Applies To

Olympia Chimney manufactures UL-listed stainless steel flue liners in 316Ti and AL29-4C alloys, with the 316Ti handling standard wood and gas applications and the AL29-4C required for high-efficiency gas and oil appliances. In Camden, we most often replace Olympia liners originally sized for 6-inch, 7-inch, and 8-inch flue diameters, the three widths that match the majority of row-home and single-family fireplaces built between 1900 and 1980 in neighborhoods like Cramer Hill and Parkside.

To identify your exact liner, check the top termination cap for an embossed Olympia Chimney label showing the alloy grade and nominal diameter. If the label is weathered off, we measure the inner flue dimension and the liner wall thickness with a caliper at the cleanout or crown level. The critical compatibility gotcha with Olympia Chimney systems is the collar-to-cap connection geometry: their older round-flex termination collars (pre-2018 production) do not seat properly on third-party caps without an adapter ring, which we stock through our Haven buying network. For most Camden jobs, we recommend staying with Olympia Chimney OEM liner sections for the flue run itself and using a Haven-sourced aftermarket termination cap only if the original collar geometry is updated or adapted.

Signs Your Olympia Chimney Flue Liner Replacement Is Failing

• Smoke or odor seeping into upper floors. A breached Olympia liner, whether cracked clay tiles or corroded stainless, lets combustion gases escape through the chimney wall into framed cavities. In Camden’s older balloon-framed homes near Cooper Street, that smoke travels straight up interior wall chases.
• White or orange staining on exterior brick. This is efflorescence and rust from moisture and acidic condensate leaking through liner gaps, eating at mortar joints. With Olympia’s 316Ti liners, orange scaling specifically indicates chloride corrosion accelerated by Camden’s freeze-thaw cycles.
• Debris or tile fragments in the firebox. Shattered terra cotta flue tiles fall when the original clay liner behind an Olympia stainless insert has deteriorated. We see this most in homes where a liner was sleeved inside damaged clay without full removal.
• Difficulty starting or maintaining a fire. A partially collapsed or oversized liner creates drafting problems. Olympia Chimney’s flex liners, if improperly stretched during original install, can sag and create a reverse slope that kills draft.
• Visible gaps or holes during routine cleaning. Our camera catches these before they become emergencies. A pinhole in AL29-4C alloy is rare but possible if the liner was scratched during installation and exposed to condensate over years.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What drives the range: flue height from firebox to crown, whether the existing liner pulls out cleanly or fragments and requires extraction, insulation requirements per NJ mechanical code for exterior chimneys, and whether the smoke chamber needs parging before the new liner drops. Every quote we write in Camden lists the liner alloy, diameter, length, insulation package, termination type, and labor line-by-line. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation. Materials carry manufacturer warranty: 20 years on Olympia Chimney 316Ti, lifetime on AL29-4C when we register the installation.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check three things: whether your damper opens fully, whether the cap is intact and seated, and whether debris blocks the firebox. Do not attempt to drop a liner yourself. The work requires working on a steep roof with full fall protection, handling sharp stainless edges at height, and sealing the liner to a code-compliant termination. More critically, an improperly sized or uninsulated liner in an exterior Camden chimney will condense acidic moisture that destroys the liner from the inside out within three to five years. We’ve replaced three DIY Olympia liner jobs in Camden County in the past two years where the homeowner saved $800 on install and paid $3,200 for premature replacement. Call (856) 741-9572 and we’ll write the scope and price before anyone books the job.

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