Flue lining installation tool

A flue pipe installation tool including an upper head portion, a pair of slightly downwardly divergent elongated and substantially longitudinally straight legs each having its upper end pivotally supported from said head portion for oscillation about an axis extending transversely of said head portion and the legs for relative swinging movement of the lower ends of the legs toward and away from each other, said legs each including a longitudinal slot formed therein, a horizontally elongated control block extending between and interconnecting said legs intermediate their upper and lower ends, each end of said block including pin means slidably received in the corresponding leg slot, whereby upward and downward movement of said block along said legs causes the lower ends thereof to swing away and toward each other, respectively, said head and control block each including anchor means for anchoring one end of an elongated suspension member section thereto, the pivot axes of said legs relative to said head portion being spaced horizontally apart in parallel relation, the remote portions of the lower ends of said legs including resilient portions thereof for frictionally gripping the internal surfaces of a flue lining block.