Comments on: what is the best way to sweep my chimney? http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney/ Your Fireplace Resource Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Juliette http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Juliette Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:41:59 +0000 http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney#comment-1232 Brushes, rods and lots of hard work...hire a chimney sweep..<br><b>References : </b><br> Brushes, rods and lots of hard work…hire a chimney sweep..
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]]> By: joe k http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 joe k Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:34:59 +0000 http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney#comment-1231 the brush and the fiberglass rods will go through the turns!!! thats why they only put 30 degree elbows in the chimney run!! so they can be cleaned! there should never be a 45 or 90 degree elbow anywhere in a chimney that you cannot access or disassemble the pipe!!we have 5 wood burning stoves in my family and we use the brush and fiberglass poles!! they will go through a 30 degree turn with a little extra push !! make sure the poles are tightly screwed together and keep turning the poles in the tightening direction as you clean the flu to make sure they dont come unscrewed!!<br><b>References : </b><br> the brush and the fiberglass rods will go through the turns!!! thats why they only put 30 degree elbows in the chimney run!! so they can be cleaned! there should never be a 45 or 90 degree elbow anywhere in a chimney that you cannot access or disassemble the pipe!!we have 5 wood burning stoves in my family and we use the brush and fiberglass poles!! they will go through a 30 degree turn with a little extra push !! make sure the poles are tightly screwed together and keep turning the poles in the tightening direction as you clean the flu to make sure they dont come unscrewed!!
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]]> By: fluffernut http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 fluffernut Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:15:59 +0000 http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney#comment-1230 Bummer. Can you configure the brush with two chains or some such and having one person on top, the other underneath and pull the brush through the curves? Can you disassemble some of the pipes to get better penetration? That's how we'd do it. We taped a bag at the bottom where the ash would fall and scrubbed from the top. The disassembled pipes were cleaned separately. Of course if the pipes are enclosed in a chimney.........time to call a chimney sweep!<br><b>References : </b><br> Bummer. Can you configure the brush with two chains or some such and having one person on top, the other underneath and pull the brush through the curves?

Can you disassemble some of the pipes to get better penetration? That’s how we’d do it. We taped a bag at the bottom where the ash would fall and scrubbed from the top. The disassembled pipes were cleaned separately.

Of course if the pipes are enclosed in a chimney………time to call a chimney sweep!
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]]> By: alleyshax http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 alleyshax Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:47:59 +0000 http://fireplacedirectory.com/chimney/what-is-the-best-way-to-sweep-my-chimney#comment-1229 We've always used a brick and alot of chicken wire wrapped around the brick with a long durable rope. I don't know if this will make your turn but it is fairly pliable and will knock alot of soot off the sides.<br><b>References : </b><br> We’ve always used a brick and alot of chicken wire wrapped around the brick with a long durable rope. I don’t know if this will make your turn but it is fairly pliable and will knock alot of soot off the sides.
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