Thread: chimney flue sweep

Hi,

We've regularly used a guy (Glenn) from Kellyville and found him to be reasonably priced and will be there when he says he will. I'll PM you his contact number.

regards,
Mike

We just went through this ourselves, I say do it yourself if you can, it's easy, and quicker, we had to replace the bend in our flue as it collapsed, after numerous calls to chimney sweeps who were either too busy or wouldn't come out, we gave up.

So we decided to do it ourseleves, pulled the fire out, replaced the bend section, put the fire back in, then got up on the roof, took the top cap off the flue , poked the brush down the flue, up and down and turn the brush in a circular motion, 10min done, we used a cobweb brush on an extention pole, all up with taking the fire out from the open fireplace(I'm assuming your fire may be different), about an hour, our flue goes up an excisting chimney and why we need the two bends, it would be even easier if your flue went straight up.

Cost was $61 for the two stainless steel 45deg bends.

Baz.

Hi Redback,
I've got a combustion fireplace,had an open fireplace at my old place,prefer combustion tho,heats up better.

Be careful folks, that dust consists mainly of Formaldehyde and Creosote, both extreme Carcinogens, make sure you vacuum up all around the fireplace, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by disco gazza

Hi Redback,
I've got a combustion fireplace,had an open fireplace at my old place,prefer combustion tho,heats up better.

That's what we have too, a Conara combustion fire, the flue goes up inside of the chimney of the open (now dissused) fireplace.

Frank exactly what we did, vacuumed it all up with our Dyson

Baz.

Originally Posted by Tank

Be careful folks, that dust consists mainly of Formaldehyde and Creosote, both extreme Carcinogens, make sure you vacuum up all around the fireplace, Regards Frank.

If you go down the DIY path, in addition to the long term killers dangers that Frank pointed out, anything short of sealing the bottom of the chimney off with plastic and tape while cleaning will result in a certain and instant death inflicted by SWMBO when she sees the mess you have made...

You have been warned!

Originally Posted by FeatherWeightDriver

If you go down the DIY path, in addition to the long term killers dangers that Frank pointed out, anything short of sealing the bottom of the chimney off with plastic and tape while cleaning will result in a certain and instant death inflicted by SWMBO when she sees the mess you have made...

You have been warned!

Wasn't exactly from cleaning the chimney .....................

but our place in Kalgoorlie originally had an open fire in the loungeroom with a brick arch at the top of the opening. I went out and purchased a rather large combustion heater to slot into the opening. I had measured the width and depth of the fireplace, and assumed that height would not be a problem, as it was a pretty high fireplace. Did not allow for the "arch" encroaching into the top of the opening as far as it did - and the new combustion heater wouldn't fit.

No problem - out to the shed to get the 9" angle grinder (as you do) and fitted a masonry disk into it. Marked up the two corners that I needed to cut out to fit the heater, and then cut through the bricks and masonry with the 9" grinder - took all of about 10 seconds per corner.

Hadn't considered where all the brick / masonry dust would end up, so no covers / vaccuum cleaner at the ready. Suffice to say that I would never consider cleaning out a chimney without drop sheets, a good seal around the fireplace and a decent vaccuum cleaner at the ready - I learnt my lesson the hard way.

As for the best way to clean your chimney ......................

1. Fix long haired tabby in "tabby-tote" carrier (below).



2. Dip tabby in strong starch solution (to stiffen up "bristles").

3. Hang tabby, still in "tabby-tote" and allow to dry.

4. Once tabby is dry and all drop sheets / vaccuum cleaner etc in place, remove cap from top of chimney and feed tabby down the hole.