Cleaning your chimney can be quite gruesome task and here are a few pointers that can help you make it a little easier to handle. There are four methods that you can choose from to clean your chimney that many people use no matter what the situation is. The first is the top down method where in you begin the process from your roof. You are advised to keep your fireplace closed during the entire process
Use your chimney brush to scrape of dirt in a vertical fashion and this is quite effective. In order to reach lower in to the chimney all you need to do is add rods to increase your brushes length.
Now the second method is called the bottom up method and is basically a reverse process of the top bottom method. Here you start from the bottom and make sure you have the right clothes on so you do not get too messy.
The weight method is the third method that you can try out. It follows the top and down method but the only difference is that in place of the brush you use a set of weights, rope and pull strings.
Add about 20 pounds to the brush while assembling the rope and pull strings on your brush and follow the same procedure as top and down method.
The duel line method is the last method we will explain. Here two people are involved and a rope(and pull ring for holding onto if you like) is attached to the brushes. Essentially one person drops down the rope from the top of the chimney and cleaning can be done easily.
The job of the other person during this whole thing is to grab the rope at the bottom of the chimney and each person pulls the rope by turn and thus the chimney gets cleaned in the process. If you do the right thing and work together you can get everything done properly and quickly.
During this process the fireplace cannot be closed and hence there will be a lot of dust produced. Hence cover your flooring and furniture adequately with tarps and cloth.
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