Chimney sweep / inspection this afternoon. Good news - every thing is A - OK.
Chimney service I use is Chimneys Plus (chimneysplusgutters.com) out of Pittsboro. I had already scheduled the cleaning for January 23rd. But, as regular readers of this Journal know, we had a 'flue combustion incident' over New Years Weekend. I called Chimney's Plus (actually, left a message on their voice mail Monday) and inquired about possibly getting out here before then. They called and we set up an appointment for today.
CQ is the owner. The first time CQ cleaned the chimney, he was just starting out as a one man operation and brought his small children with him. Today, his company has crews, professional signage, lots of high tech equipment (video inspection, etc.) and a web site.
Sometimes things work out. The official verdict from the 'almost serious chimney fire' is that my fireplace and flue all check out.
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The fuel for the fire was creosote build up in the flue. It was ignited by an overly large / hot fire in the fireplace.
Chimneys Plus cleaned the flue of remaining creosote and inspected the flue for damage from the fire within.
The flue checked out OK so we're back to fires - albeit smaller and appropriate to the size of the fireplace.
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