Hello folks,
Moved into a new house fairly recently and wondering if you could help us find out what we experienced tonight.
We have a standard masonry fireplace. We had the chimney swept and inspected this past fall when we moved into this house. Tonight we had a fire, which was crackling along merrily until we had one half-burned log and a bunch of coals. The log was sputtering along until I poked and turned it for a bit. Fairly suddenly it caught, started burning very hot, and the fire started making a loud roaring sound - like the sound of a fire when you have a windy day. No other sounds - no crackling etc.
It lasted for about 5 minutes and then the log burned out and the sound died down. I'm now paranoid - was this a chimney fire? If not - what was that? I wish I had gone outside to see, but it didn't occur to me until after.
Thanks! Appreciate any help!
Moved into a new house fairly recently and wondering if you could help us find out what we experienced tonight.
We have a standard masonry fireplace. We had the chimney swept and inspected this past fall when we moved into this house. Tonight we had a fire, which was crackling along merrily until we had one half-burned log and a bunch of coals. The log was sputtering along until I poked and turned it for a bit. Fairly suddenly it caught, started burning very hot, and the fire started making a loud roaring sound - like the sound of a fire when you have a windy day. No other sounds - no crackling etc.
It lasted for about 5 minutes and then the log burned out and the sound died down. I'm now paranoid - was this a chimney fire? If not - what was that? I wish I had gone outside to see, but it didn't occur to me until after.
Thanks! Appreciate any help!
