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I have a small wood insert in an old stone fireplace. I typically brush it out once a year but I plan on using it quite a bit more frequently now that my kids are getting older. I'm burning bone-dry, standing dead western larch and Douglas-fir. How frequently do you guys brush?

I have a small wood insert in an old stone fireplace. I typically brush it out once a year but I plan on using it quite a bit more frequently now that my kids are getting older. I'm burning bone-dry, standing dead western larch and Douglas-fir. How frequently do you guys brush?

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Not as often as the third Reich in their hey day.

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Every 4-6 cords. Once a year. Whichever.

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not hiring a chimney sweep

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I like to larp in blackface. Plus, no chimbleysweeps in the boog.

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I'm going on 12 years in my present house. I have no intention of ever cleaning the chimney. The previous house I lived in, the chimneys went uncleaned for about 30 years. Just for curiousity, I stuck a mirror in the bottom of the furnace chimney to take a look up it. The opening was about three inches wide. The rest was soot. I expect the chimney of the house I'm in now will look the same in 10 or 15 more years, but I'll probably be dead by then, so I don't give a fuck.

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Zero concern about a chimney fire?

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You would be surprised by how many people wait for the fire department to chain the burning creosote from their flu.

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I had one once, cool to watch, terrifying to hear. Incinerated the flue cap. If you use dry wood and have a good flue temp you won’t get build up.

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twice a year, before we use it and when we are finished with the chmney, and if you use it all winter then you need to clean it every 30 days.

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I just use those celibate logs. One at the start of season and one halfway through.

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Those what now? There's no celibacy allowed in front of my fireplace.

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Fucking spellchecker I meant creosote logs.

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And here I thought this was a thinly veiled innuendo about OP's masturbation-based question.

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Every year, the guys that deliver my wood do it for a couple bucks as part of the service.

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Yes I too prefer not to burn my house down.

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