using them fake logs in the store it says on the package that it cleans the chimeny is that true? will using one a month or somthing help clean the chimeny out some?
firefighterjake said:I wouldn't have an issue with folks using a clean out door and either firing off an ABC dry powder extinguisher up the chimney . . . heck we use this sometimes to attempt a quick knock down on a fire . . . the other option is to open the clean out door and if there are any hot cinders/creosote put a small cup of water on the cinder/creosote
Ghettontheball said:seems there otta be extensive documentation of this event considering tiles cracking would require chimney rebuild. setting of fire + much data i would need to consider this much more than a chimnisweep's ad.cmonSTART said:I got to see a real chimney fire today at CSIA in their test chimney. It was pretty educational. Lots of smoke at times, rumbling, liner tiles cracking. The funny thing is, there wasn't that much glaze in the chimney to start but it burned well anyway.
Moral: Keep them clean!
Ghettontheball said:yes but the air flows too when the door is open . a chimfex or whatever is lit & the inserted into the cleanout. its chemically designed so it burns itself without air thus prducing co2 in hopes of extinguishing the chimnifire but id bet all my donuts that steam would work better as would be the case with wet newspaper in woodstove. backflash remains contentious & ur backflash is pretty unusual& stupid= if gas builds up in stove that has no flame it can blow up,duh,
BrotherBart said:Ghettontheball said:yes but the air flows too when the door is open . a chimfex or whatever is lit & the inserted into the cleanout. its chemically designed so it burns itself without air thus prducing co2 in hopes of extinguishing the chimnifire but id bet all my donuts that steam would work better as would be the case with wet newspaper in woodstove. backflash remains contentious & ur backflash is pretty unusual& stupid= if gas builds up in stove that has no flame it can blow up,duh,
1. Go buy a wood stove and install it.
2. Have a chimney fire.
3. Throw one of your damned wet newspapers into the stove.
4. Get back to us.
meathead said:BrotherBart said:Ghettontheball said:yes but the air flows too when the door is open . a chimfex or whatever is lit & the inserted into the cleanout. its chemically designed so it burns itself without air thus prducing co2 in hopes of extinguishing the chimnifire but id bet all my donuts that steam would work better as would be the case with wet newspaper in woodstove. backflash remains contentious & ur backflash is pretty unusual& stupid= if gas builds up in stove that has no flame it can blow up,duh,
1. Go buy a wood stove and install it.
2. Have a chimney fire.
3. Throw one of your damned wet newspapers into the stove.
4. Get back to us.
You've got it all wrong. Step 4 is get out of the house and watch it burn down. He won't get back to us until step 5. Oh no wait, step 5 is "investigate" and "contact prof and university chemical engineers". Step 6 is get back to us. Maybe skipping step 6 wouldn't be the end of the world though.
if u noticed instructions to the chemfex said open door & put in stove,eh, which preempts the possibility of a "blowback" except from ye blowhards :kiss:
Ghettontheball said:if u noticed instructions to the chemfex said open door & put in stove,eh, which preempts the possibility of a "blowback" except from ye blowhards :kiss:
meathead said:firefighterjake said:I wouldn't have an issue with folks using a clean out door and either firing off an ABC dry powder extinguisher up the chimney . . . heck we use this sometimes to attempt a quick knock down on a fire . . . the other option is to open the clean out door and if there are any hot cinders/creosote put a small cup of water on the cinder/creosote
We talking coffee cup size?
BrotherBart said:Ghettontheball said:yes but the air flows too when the door is open . a chimfex or whatever is lit & the inserted into the cleanout. its chemically designed so it burns itself without air thus prducing co2 in hopes of extinguishing the chimnifire but id bet all my donuts that steam would work better as would be the case with wet newspaper in woodstove. backflash remains contentious & ur backflash is pretty unusual& stupid= if gas builds up in stove that has no flame it can blow up,duh,
1. Go buy a wood stove and install it.
2. Have a chimney fire.
3. Throw one of your damned wet newspapers into the stove.
4. Get back to us.
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