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Bon Jovi & Sugarland

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CHIMNEY SWEEP AND HEARTH PROFESSIONAL OF CT MA AND RI

Preventing chimney fires:

DON'T BE A STATISTIC!!!

 "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

Ben Franklin 1736

Ways to reduce tar and soot build up in your chimney

1.       Always connect a stove to an approved chimney (as per building code regulations) which means using double skin insulated flue pipe, insulated or non-insulated flexible chimney liner(depending on application), or poured chimney liner.

2.       Regularly have the chimney swept - at least once a year, we recommend, at the end of the burning season.

3.      If burning wood then a second sweeping in the middle of the burning season is advised.

4.       When burning wood, use only seasoned hardwood.

5.       Regularly have hot fires - once a day - this will help to dry out the tar that has built up. You can also occasionally burn dry untreated skip wood (or kiln-dried) as this has a very low moisture content.

6.       Use co-mate additives - i.e. Soot Sweep® Soot Remover; Kwik-Shot® Soot Stopper; or Rutland® Creosote Remover; non-zinc based additives that help tar flake off the chimney; available from your local hearth shop.

7.       Do not use salt or zinc-based additives as they can corrode the chimney.

All these recommendations will help to reduce the amount of tar build-up in the chimney and therefore the risk of having a chimney fire. These recommendations should be used together; only implementing one of these recommendations is not enough.

Call Jeffrey L. Decker today for all your chimney needs.

Preventing something in advance is better than fixing it later

1-860-444-0462

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1-860-634-4259

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