How Clean is Your Chimney? (1 Viewer)

[PIK95]

How clean is your chimney?  Mine is a little exposed because of it's age but it smells fine. The flue gets stuck and I find crazy things in there occasionally.   I want to get it going this weekend, so I think a thorough cleaning is in order.  I just hate to have someone up in there when I could probably do it myself.  I hope my Santa suit still fits.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I use these once a year at the lake house, twice a year at the house.  I think they work pretty well but you still need the thing swept every five years or so IMO. 

 

[Bucky86]

Bare all along with a little decorative down at the base. Think 3-5 day stubble.

oh...I thought this was like the wallet thread?

 

[avoiding injuries]

I post this in envy of people with chimneys...

I have a gas fireplace with a blower. If I turn it all the way up and have the blower on, it might raise the temperature in that room a degree. Might. 

Thought about replacing it with a pellet stove, but I still have young kids. Maybe later. 

 

[PIK95]

Bare all along with a little decorative down at the base. Think 3-5 day stubble.

oh...I thought this was like the wallet thread?

It was the colon thread actually.   Read it again.

 

[arrow1]

Bare all along with a little decorative down at the base. Think 3-5 day stubble.

oh...I thought this was like the wallet thread?

me too

 

[ChiefD]

I post this in envy of people with chimneys...

I have a gas fireplace with a blower. If I turn it all the way up and have the blower on, it might raise the temperature in that room a degree. Might. 

Thought about replacing it with a pellet stove, but I still have young kids. Maybe later. 

Do it now. I have small kids and have been burning fires since they were born. They learn to stay away.

I have an older house, and it will raise the temp in my family room about 5 degrees. Makes a huge difference on a cold winter day.

 

[PIK95]

Do those see through covers with the blowers work well with regular wood?

 

[Doug B]

Chimney?

#75DegreeXmas

 

[ChiefD]

Do those see through covers with the blowers work well with regular wood?

Yeah. My regular fireplace has a blower and it will roast us out of the room if I turn it on. It's awesome.

 

[PIK95]

Where did you get it?

 

[ChiefD]

Where did you get it?

It was here when I moved in.

 

[Short Corner]

Is this a new reference, kind of like my wife's wallet?

 

[PIK95]

Is this a new reference, kind of like my wife's wallet?

It was supposed to be when I posted it late night, then I realized I wanted chimney advice anyway.  Win-Win

 

[James Bond]

Was having a problem in there a while back so I got this camera thing to check it out thoroughly.  Had to clean it out first to get the camera in.  Turned out everything was okay.  Works like a charm now.

 

[PIK95]

Was having a problem in there a while back so I got this camera thing to check it out thoroughly.  Had to clean it out first to get the camera in.  Turned out everything was okay.  Works like a charm now.

I'm over due for that myself.  So the cleanout fixed your initial problem?  That's good news.

FWIW,  lay off the vicodin and eat some fiber GB.

 

[James Bond]

Fiber is my friend.

 

[Buttonhook]

How clean is your chimney?  Mine is a little exposed because of it's age but it smells fine. The flue gets stuck and I find crazy things in there occasionally.   I want to get it going this weekend, so I think a thorough cleaning is in order.  I just hate to have someone up in there when I could probably do it myself.  I hope my Santa suit still fits.

That's what she said...

 

[Buttonhook]

Do it now. I have small kids and have been burning fires since they were born. They learn to stay away.

I have an older house, and it will raise the temp in my family room about 5 degrees. Makes a huge difference on a cold winter day.

Yep.  My kids learned to stay away at a very early age, even before they could walk.

 

[PIK95]

That's what she said...

Well, yeah.

 

[EYLive]

Is this your way of asking if I wax my butt?

 

[Buttonhook]

I have a few friends who use a long heavy chain to clean out their chimneys.  They say you need to bang it hard against the sidewalls a few times and it's as a clean as a baby's butt.

 

[squidrope]

Years ago my 6yo daughter and I were driving by the salt marshes at low tide.  My daughter commented that it smelled like the chimney. 

 

[PIK95]

I have a few friends who use a long heavy chain to clean out their chimneys.  They say you need to bang it hard against the sidewalls a few times and it's as a clean as a baby's butt.

Ben Wa....chain?  Sounds dangerous.