i will soon be attempting my first chimney sweep in my new chimney. it's a 6inch pipe with a clean out... the pipe goes up and out a side wall then up again.... in other words it has 2 ninety degree angles...does anything need to be done with the horizontal part of the pipe going through the wall? between the stove and the cleanout? hope not.... how would i get to this to clean it? thanks. matt.
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IF your horizontal isn't too long you could tie a rope to the brush and send it through the thimble then pull the brush thru.
My setup is similar. I usually pull the interior stove pipe right off and sweep the horizontal that way.
Defiantly clean the horizontal. I get more crap in that than any other part of the chimney. Sorry. :red:
damn i didn't know i had to tear it all apart.... i was really hoping the answer would be more like "you don't have to clean that part cause it's always so hot there, that creosote just burns off before it gets a chance to build up...." guess that line of thinking was incorrect, glad i asked. thanks. matt.
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