jeromehdmc said:
A co-worker said he is going to use a log chain to clean his chimney. That's what the fire department used to clean it after they came out because of a chimney fire, told him it was ok to use it.
I tried to tell him to use a brush but I don't think he is going to.
And the reason we use a chain?
1) Fiberglass rods would melt if we tried to run them through a chimney while it's on fire.
2) When someone has so much creosote built up that it's blocking the entire chimney a wee little brush isn't always going to poke its way through . . . which is why we have some metal weights on a big ol' chain.
And . . . here's the kicker . . . we usually end up hooking a brush to the chain and pulling it up when we're done anyway to give it a quick sweep.
then you go a step further then we do...we dont have a brush
were in the business of putting out fires...not cleaning chimneys
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Folks that "clean" their chimneys in the way described is what keeps us in business . . . "us" being firefighters.