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A guy at the supply house in Akron told me 9 out of 10 flue fires he sees start in a chimney that was swept less than a year prior, and I can't stop thinking about it
He pulled out his log book and showed me the dates, and almost every call was a homeowner who swore they'd just had it cleaned, so now I tell every customer to ask for a photo of the brush going up the flue, has anyone else run into this?
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tara79313d ago
Had a call last winter where the homeowner handed me a receipt from a sweep dated six weeks before. Pulled the cap and the flue was caked solid, no way a brush had touched it. Turns out the "company" was a guy with a shop vac and a flashlight charging 150 bucks cash. Now I tell folks to watch the sweep do it or get the photo like you said, and I also tell them to stick a mirror up there themselves once a month during burn season. A cheap handheld mirror and a flashlight will tell you more than any receipt ever will.
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