Thread: chimney flue sweep

Originally Posted by Tank

Autopsy results shows Formaldahyde inside particles breathed into the lungs, esp. PM2.5 and smaller, Regards Frank.

Links???

I find it very hard to believe. We are not tralking about acute deaths here, so the particles won't usually be still there by autopsy time. And I am not sure what analysis method could identify formaldehyde "inside" particles...

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Links???

I find it very hard to believe. We are not tralking about acute deaths here, so the particles won't usually be still there by autopsy time. And I am not sure what analysis method could identify formaldehyde "inside" particles...

Last time I went to the trouble of sending you info you didn't even respond, so if you don't believe do your own research, regards Frank.

This is what I've been using for the last 20 years.An old wire wheel mounted on a length or two of dowel. I join them with a short piece of pipe and two split pins. .W.

I bought a round wire chimney sweeping brush from the hardware store in leura and it works like a rifle pull through. I use an old tomahawk head as the weight, drop it down the flue and pull it through from the firebox after I remove the fire bricks. Works a treat.

Either that, or drop a live chicken down the chimney. Apparently they do a good job as they flap all the way down.

Originally Posted by Tank

Last time I went to the trouble of sending you info you didn't even respond, so if you don't believe do your own research, regards Frank.

I'm sorry Frank, which data did I not respond to???

As for doing my own search:

Your search found no records.

"autopsy AND formaldehyde AND pm2.5"

plus about 10 similar search strings. Which all reveal either no results of nothing remotely relevant

Could you be getting confused with formalin - which is commonly used as a tissue fixative (preservative).

Hi , I know it's a bit off topic , but I would like to tell use about when I was a young Plumber in the UK. I used to install gas central heating . One house I worked on the boiler was to go in the old coal fireplace , so I blocked it up with the cardbord packing box , propped up . Then on to the double story roof to feed the 30ft stainless steel flue liner down the chimley . pushed it all the way down came off the roof , went into the lounge , and yes the carbord had fell over . There was soot every were , all over the lounge suite ,curtains wall every were . Thinking back I must have looked shocked /horiffied , at how I was going to explain this .Ah fond memorys ,jimr1

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I don't think they make hiclones.

We had our flue cleaned just before winter & the sweep said because of the timber we're burning we'll be good for 4-5 years without a clean. I also use a product called "Sootloose" which supposedly cleanses the flue. Oh, timber I burn is black wattle, ironbark & grey gum which we luckily have in varying stages of seasoning (i.e. dead) on the property.