Chimney sweeping

The legislation imposes a chimney sweeping twice a year. The issuance of a certificate is useful to your insurance if you have a fire. Knowing that you will not be covered by it, but you can make your chimney maintenance yourself: through the roof or by the fireplace.

Step 1. Sweeping chimney protection

Prefer clothes that have nothing to fear, or better, put on a wetsuit to do chimney cleaning. Make sure the fire is not smoldering in the ashes, remove them. Place in the home and put a tarp over a large bowl.

Step 2. Sweeping the chimney through roof

Attach a second sheet on the hearth of the fireplace to prevent splashing into the room.Maintenance of fire protection begins with its interior. Get on the roof after confirming.Enter the hedgehog attached to the pole in the ear and scrape the walls. Whenever the four walls are scraped off the hedgehog few feet and repeat. Extend the pole as and when you get off. Arrived at home, make moving back and forth along the length of the pipe several times. Roll up your poles and your hedgehog. Operation "chimney sweeping" is almost complete. Descend from the roof. Scrape the sides of the grate with a wire brush. Then evacuate your bowl with soot. Vacuum.

Step 3. Sweeping the chimney hearth

Keep chairs and sofas before the chimney sweeping. Then extend your second tarp on the floor before the fire to limit the projections. Insert the pole into the ear with the hedgehog. Rub involved the four walls. Then mount the hedgehog a few tens of centimeters. Repeat the operation. Arriving at the top, repeat the movement back and forth along the length of the duct. Complete your chimney sweeping, scraping the sides of the hearth. For this use a wire brush. Finish your chimney cleaning by removing dirt from your bowl. Remember to vacuum