Chimney moisture seal

In combination with a chimney bounded by at least one wall of a building, said building having at least one roof having a predetermined level, said chimney having at least one end portion extending through said roof, said chimney including a veneer wall and a flue including a plurality of flue tiles coupled at a plurality of flue joints, an air space having a predetermined dimension located between said veneer wall and said flue, and a chimney cap mechanism located on an exterior end of said chimney and coupled to at least a portion of said flue and said veneer wall;

• the improvement comprising:
• a moisture barrier structure, said barrier structure being a single ring, mounted in said air space.

A method for preventing deterioration of an exterior veneer wall of a chimney structure having an exterior end, a veneer wall structure, a flue structure, an air space located between said veneer wall structure and said flue structure, and a building having a roof, a predetermined portion of said chimney structure exterior end extending through said roof;

• said method comprising:
• mounting a moisture sealing mechanism, said moisture sealing mechanism being a single ring, between said veneer wall and said flue structure and sealing a predetermined portion of said air space.

In combination with a chimney structure having an exterior end, a veneer wall structure, a flue structure, an air space located between said veneer wall structure and said flue structure, and a building having a roof, a predetermined portion of said chimney structure exterior end extending through said roof;

• the improvement comprising a moisture sealing mechanism, said moisture sealing mechanism being a single ring, sealingly positioned in said air space between said veneer wall and said flue structure and below said roof.

In combination with a chimney bounded by at least one wall of a building, said building having at least one roof having a predetermined level, said chimney having at least one end portion extending through said roof, said chimney including a veneer wall and a flue including a plurality of flue tiles coupled at a plurality of flue joints, an air space having a predetermined dimension located between said veneer wall and said flue, and a chimney cap mechanism located on an exterior end of said chimney and coupled to at least a portion of said flue and said veneer wall;

• the improvement comprising:
• a moisture barrier structure, said barrier structure being a single ring, mounted in said air space below the predetermined level of said roof.

A method for preventing deterioration of an exterior veneer wall of a chimney structure having an exterior end, a veneer wall structure, a flue structure, an air space located between said veneer wall structure and said flue structure, and a building having a roof, a predetermined portion of said chimney structure exterior end extending through said roof;

• said method comprising:
• mounting a moisture sealing mechanism, said moisture sealing mechanism being a single ring, between said veneer wall and said flue structure below said roof and sealing a predetermined portion of said air space.