This is a 50-year old, single-story house. It has a brick chimney that is in poor condition(chimney is broken in the attic and moves if I push on it, chimney needs repointing, etc). The chimney has a round 6" terra-cotta liner. The chimney is concrete block from the basement up to the attic floor and then brick from the attic floor to the roof. The chimney is used to vent the natural gas water heater and natural gas furnace.
I would like to remove the chimney(brick portion) from the attic floor to the top of the chimney and then replace this with a metal pipe. I want to do this because: 1) the chimney is broken and may not be safe,
2) roofing/flashing around a brick chimney is a lot of work and it seems that a metal chimney would be much easier to maintain.How do I do this? I've looked at "Type B" vent pipe. Is this the correct product? If so, then it seems straightforward except for connecting the "Type B" pipe to my 6 inch terra cotta liner. How do I do that? Is there a special adapter? What is it called? Will I also need some kind of high-temperature silicone?
thanks in advance