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flue blocked with tar

Tar Removal

A sure way of making a chimney unsafe to use and unsafe to install a stove liner is to tar it up. Incomplete combustion of wood creates tar (creosote) which coats the walls of a chimney leading to a serious risk of a chimney fire, wet tar soaking into the fabric of the building, creating[…]

CCTV survey of chimney

Pre-sweep CCTV surveys

This shows the value of inspecting a flue liner before you sweep. Here the liner has started to unravel where it enters the connector to the stove pipe. It had been power swept for example if it probable that it would have tangled and been damaged beyond repair. Surprisingly CCTV equipment isn’t mandatory kit for[…]

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