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***Fireplace Flue***

***Fireplace Flue***

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I know our fireplace needs to be checked out….. But…I don’t know what I’m looking at….. I need to invest some more time on YouTube…and see what extra tidbits I can learn….. I AM collecting chimney-jargon….. …..up-draft…down-draft…shiny creosote (versus other creosotes?)…smoke shelf…T.S.P. (trisodium phosphate)…damper…flue…chimney cap…and the National Chimney Sweep Guild….. Probably that last one…is the one I should try really hard to remember….. They have a website where you can search for qualified…

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*Chimney Repair*

*Chimney Repair*

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Yep…our chimney’s needed some prompt attention for quite some time now….. Replacing the chimney cap can’t be put off any longer….. We used to be a one bucket family….. But now we’ve progressed to being a two bucket home….. And…I’d like to point out that during rain storms…the rainwater runs down the chimney…across the hearth…and onto the den floor in a sooty-slurry….. …..messy stuff….. …..(however…it does have a nice after-burn/creosote smell to it…I…

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