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murphy.barbara
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2d ago
A roofer in Boise told me I was sweeping the flue wrong, and I can't stop thinking about it
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the_margaret
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3d ago
Swore by steel brushes for 12 years, one look inside a Vermont flue changed my mind
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valh32
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4d ago
Took me 3 visits to figure out a draft problem that turned out to be the flue cap
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norah13
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4d ago
Serious question, I almost set a customer's house on fire last Tuesday because I skipped the smoke test
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tarar27
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5d ago
Why does nobody talk about creosote glaze vs regular soot until it's a chimney fire waiting to happen
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jamie_smith
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5d ago
Showerthought: my brush rope snapped 20 feet up a flue in Dayton last Tuesday and I had to lower a magnet on a string to fish it out
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the_jason
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5d ago
Showerthought: my brush got stuck 12 feet up a flue in Akron and I had to pull it out with a rope
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faithwalker
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7d ago
A 30 year sweep in Dayton told me to quit brushing my flues, and he was right
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hart.cora
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8d ago
Pulled 4 bushels of creosote out of a 1920s brick flue in Tulsa last Tuesday
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norathomas
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9d ago
Warning: a Canada goose nest cost me 3 hours on a Tuesday job in Buffalo
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taylor668
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9d ago
3 years ago I stopped guessing creosote levels by the tap test and started using a flashlight and scraper every single time
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nelson.nancy
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9d ago
PSA: I switched from the wire brush to a poly brush on clay flues last month and I'm not going back
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samhunt
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11d ago
NFPA says over 25,000 chimney fires happen in the US every year and that number stuck with me
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hunt.aaron
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12d ago
Stopped at a cafe in Saratoga Springs and counted 5 dirty flues from one window
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paulschmidt
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12d ago
A homeowner in Boise asked me why I bang on the flue before sweeping, and her reason for asking stuck with me
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