Fishing Frenzy

Chimneys are types of structures that are providing a proper ventilation for smoke and flue gases that are coming from stoves, fireplaces, boilers, or furnaces towards the outside atmosphere. Typically, these are positioned vertically for ensuring that gases are flowing smoothly upwards. A flue is the space inside the chimney. Chimneys are often found in steam locomotives, ships, and buildings.

There are times when burning fires are not avoided from a chimney and these usually cause a fire because of those some substances that are sticky and flammable like creosote and soot. Doing the chimney cleaning Windsor Locks CT is done not only by hiring some professionals but may be done also through doing it by yourself. This article will be giving you the steps in doing it in a simple way.

The steps involve 4 different methods. The first method is preparing in cleaning the chimney. In this method, you must first determine if chimneys do need to be cleaned. It is important for chimney to be cleaned for at least once in a year. But if being used frequently, clean it more often. Check if there are some animals in it. There are times when you have not checked it already awhile.

Next is measuring the flue. When doing all the cleaning methods, make sure that you are using the proper tools with proper sizes. Make sure to measure all sides starting from the bottom or the fireplace, them climbing up using a ladder for measuring the top part. Purchase all the needed supplies by going to the nearby hardware stores.

Wear an appropriate clothing when doing the process. Old clothes may be used to avoid messing up the new ones due to soot. Bandannas may be used as hair covering, gloves for the protection of hands, then goggles for the protection of eyes. Placing a plastic tarp or a drop cloth for covering the floor will avoid it to get dirty. Then locate its dumper handle and clean it using a brush.

Second is cleaning first the top and to the bottom. Get a ladder to climb up unto the roof. The ladder may also be set up outside the home when climbing unto your roof, but just make sure that it is safe. Next is assembling the brush and the pipe section for flue scrubbing. There are several sections available that can be added into the pipe to make the brush longer.

The third method is to clean from bottom to top. Steps in the second method are also applied in using the pipe sections and brushes. After doing the same steps to clean from the bottom to the top, use the pulley system along with a brush and place it on the roof.

During this step, you need someone in helping you hold the rope and dropping it, from which the brush is being attached to the center. Then together, work by utilizing the ropes by pulling the rope up and down. By this, the brush will be scrubbing a chimneys flue.

The fourth and last method involves cleaning the entrance of the flue by making use of a spade and a shovel. After this, reattach then the damper. Debris in the drop cloth or plastic tarp should be cleaned using dustpan and broom.