Crown chimney pot cap help?

[paulalde]

Evening, I hoping someone will be able to advise as to which type of caps I need to buy for these style crown pots?

Chimney Pots

• paulalde
• 21 Oct 2017

Both are not in use anymore and need to be capped to stop rain ingress. The only thing I've come across is a solid fuel cowl which is £95 a pop. Is there anything in the C Cap price range that would be suitable? I need to cap 3 pots and keep it fairly reasonably priced.

Cheers

 

[Nige F]

www.bes.co.uk econolid chimney cap

 

[paulalde]

www.bes.co.uk econolid chimney cap

Thanks Nige F, so you fit these around the top crown section of the pots, tighten up and that's it? I honestly thought you needed a special type for crown pots so this is really helpful.

Thanks again

 

[Nige F]

I did a similar thing to a crown pot ( downdraft cowl I had lying around ) and"" beefed up" the fixings using copper wire from old electric cable - you can fit it vertically lying in the bottom of the V down the inside of the pot and out the bottom - then up the outside you go over the band of the cap and twist the 2 ends together - belt and braces Hope you see what I mean -( I can't do drawings on computers )

 

[paulalde]

I did a similar thing to a crown pot ( downdraft cowl I had lying around ) and"" beefed up" the fixings using copper wire from old electric cable - you can fit it vertically lying in the bottom of the V down the inside of the pot and out the bottom - then up the outside you go over the band of the cap and twist the 2 ends together - belt and braces Hope you see what I mean -( I can't do drawings on computers )

Ah I think I've misunderstood the build of crown pots. Assuming mine are like the one below which I found online then the cap sits inside on top of the the circular rim and then the 'legs' are thread through and tightened with the clip?

crown pot

• paulalde
• 21 Oct 2017

 

[datarebal]

if you get stuck try Mark at first choice metal spinners Christchurch. They will post., They fabricate cowls from stainless steel amongst other things. I have found them reasonable. http://www.firstchoicespinning.co.uk

 

[paulalde]

Hi again, could anyone tell me the style of of the 2 pots I have in my picture possibly?

Cheers