Yes, I used to clean out our chimney a couple times a season with constant wood burning in our Vermont Castings. (6-7 cords a season) Then there is the time I didn't and had to call my fellow firefighters. How embarrassing. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We supplement our oil heat with wood, usually about 2 cords a year, > through a Jotul 118 stove in the basement. In a pinch the stove is enough > to keep the house comfortably warm without the furnace,its good backup. > Normally we get the chimney cleaned every 2 years, I discussed this with > our chimney sweep, in fact it was his idea. We burn mostly hardwood and > since this is supplemental heat we burn the stove hot, never really damping > it down and creating creosote. > Well somehow time has gotten away from us and we've gone 4 years. We've > got a handyman who was going to clean it (not our regular guy) but he's had > family issues. He got so far as to bring his chimney brush over and today > since its in the high '50s I thought I'd give it a shot. > Problem 1: I'm not good with heightsProblem 2: His brush sucks, its the > screw together type and looks like it lived under the ocean for > awhile.Problem 3: Our roof is steep. I hadn't considered this before, its > real steep.Problem 4: Its hard to hold on to the sections of the brush > while feeding it down the chimney and adding sections and the sections are > too heavy to leave it all assembled. > It must be really hard sweeping a 2 or 3 story house... > Anyway I got it done at least somewhat. The clean-out had a bunch of > reddish powder in it and fortunately I didn't find any of the tar-like > stuff I associate with creosote. I feel confident we can finish out this > season but I'll definitely give our regular guy a nice tip next time he > does the job! > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
