Just ordered one of those endoscopes. I've wanted one for a while anyway for gun rifling inspection
Chimney sweep says "There's your problem"
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I am totally going to have to start using the squishy stuff saying..... I work in industrial electrical/controls/service. I am up to my ears in squishy stuff on a daily basis. lol
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Its snowing pretty good here and the winds tomorrow are going to pick up with temps dropping like a rock, we're gona be sitting in a lot of squishy stuff if the lights go out, might be coming out the sides and up the back.
Heatsource
Minister of Fire
oh but it did, what you see is the evidence. expanded creosote from the chimney fire
old brick chimney w/ glaze, new un insulated liner, eventually it caught fire.\ I've seen this many times and always check for insulation on thin walled liners during inspections for this (and other) reasons
Yea for us it would be more like they have an old system that you cant get parts for and is now down so a salse guy told them no problem we can update it...... 14 hours later we are still trying to get it working and looks like we need more parts that are not available till tomorrow..... So stuck in squishy stuff.... lol.
Or for example... 45 year old system old dc drive failed.... After checking everything out the motor is actually bad too.(May have been when tok the drive out) New drive sent in is way to big to fit in the enclosure that the old one fit and the motor cant be repaired.... again squishy chit up to my ears. lol
wooduser
Minister of Fire
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Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Is this the same chimney that the handyman father found the bird nest in and told you All was good , than you found more nest down lower ? So the guy you called after hearing all these stories didn’t check for an intact liner ? How did it get from a slammer to having a full liner ? Am i confusing several posts That all had smoke smell
It is a full liner to the top with a screenless cap.
Yes this is the same liner with bird nest material that we cleared. We either missed some nest, or that bird returned in the two months time after we originally cleaned it. I told the sweep all of this, but he performed a cleaning of the creosote on the top of the stove. He said it may have been installed originally without a liner and run for a while that way before they installed the full pipe. Or, that creosote was from the original fireplace that was never cleaned prior to installing the insert. Whatever the situation, the creosote fell from the chimney down to the stove.
I just ordered a Bluetooth endoscope that will be here Friday. At that time, I'll run it up the liner.
Yes this is the same liner with bird nest material that we cleared. We either missed some nest, or that bird returned in the two months time after we originally cleaned it. I told the sweep all of this, but he performed a cleaning of the creosote on the top of the stove. He said it may have been installed originally without a liner and run for a while that way before they installed the full pipe. Or, that creosote was from the original fireplace that was never cleaned prior to installing the insert. Whatever the situation, the creosote fell from the chimney down to the stove.
I just ordered a Bluetooth endoscope that will be here Friday. At that time, I'll run it up the liner.
Have you gotten any smoke/burning smell since the debris removal ? Hopefully all is good now , be safe brother
Haven't had a chance to light a fire. Tomorrow night I'll be able to try it out.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077XWJP2T/?tag=hearthamazon-20
Ordered this one. 16' will be get to the top of my chimney and it has attachments. Used Amazon rewards points and it only cost me $12!
Ordered this one. 16' will be get to the top of my chimney and it has attachments. Used Amazon rewards points and it only cost me $12!
@jetsam do you fasten your scope to anything more ridged for sending it up your chimney? The one I ordered is supposed to be semi ridged, but if it is too flexible I plan on attaching it to a fish tape or something probably
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