OT: Chimney Sweep, A little reminder |
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OT: Chimney Sweep, A little reminder |
Rhodes71/914 |
Oct 14 2004, 11:29 AM
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Glacier Group: Members Posts: 1,374 Joined: 8-August 04 From: End of the Road, Alaska Member No.: 2,482 |
Just a friendly reminder to those of you that have wood stoves or fireplaces. Tis the time of year to get your chimney/stove pipe cleaned. Did mine yesterday, top cap was full of soot and got a good amount of soot out of the pipe. One of the biggest dangers of heating with wood. Sure is cozy on those cold winter nights though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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SirAndy |
Oct 14 2004, 11:41 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,806 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) as a ex-chimney sweeper i can't emphasise enough how important that is.
if you use a wooden stove to heat your house in the winter, you should get it cleaned at least 3 times, better even 4 times a year. if it's just your typical So-Cal fireplace, once a year is enough. all the black soot that builds up is *unburned* carbon. if that ignites, it will swell up to 10 times the volume, closing off the top of the chimney! and because a chimney fire will burn at some couple of 1000 deg. F, your chimney will crack inside the house and that'll be the end of it. i have seen way too many chimney fires in my life ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Andy |
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