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Chim-Chimney

by Brooke Fedigan
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This past weekend, we got down and dirty, and swept and cleaned our chimney.  Not the most glamorous project, but certainly necessary.

It is good practice, and a good safety rule to get your chimney swept at the beginning of every cold-weather season.  And, since we had so many fires last year, this project was a must.

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But when I say “we”, I really mean Sean.  He did all the chimney sweeping.  Let me tell you how we got there.

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When we started, I was all in.  I helped tape the plastic over the fireplace area.  I gave my two cents on which chimney brush we should buy.  I was game for anything.

Until we went up on the roof.

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I am petrified of heights.  In all honesty, I’m lucky if I can get myself into a pair of heels, so when I climbed that ladder, I was almost paralyzed.  So Sean took all the pictures from the top of the chimney, and swept that area.  And I sat on the roof, and clutched it for dear life.

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Coming down was comical to anyone other than me, and then the hard work began.

While I reclaimed my stamina and started singing Mary Poppins, Sean tore a hole in the plastic and started sweeping.  And since our house is almost 200 years old, the flue was not removable.

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He used a narrow brush, and brushed the chimney thoroughly.  He taped extension rods to the brush to get even higher up the chimney.

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By keeping the plastic taped around the fireplace, it kept the chimney dust inside the fireplace.  And believe me, there was a lot!

After Sean was finished sweeping, he cleaned up the mess.  And the fireplace was in full force last night.

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So happy that this necessary project is completed.  And I know you should never say never, but I hope I never go up on the roof again.

 

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