[Hidden-tech] chimney sweep recommendation

[Jim Ussailis]

Not awesome, just cheap, that's all. The middle name is Stewart, which 
sums it all up!

Jim Ussailis

jim at nationalwireless.com



On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Tom at Reelife Productions wrote:

>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group
>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** Remember you must be counted to post .
> 
> talk about being able to "wear many hats".  god bless hidden tec and 
> all of us wonderful, wacky "happy valley" business owners!  you're 
> awesome Jim.
> 
> -Tom
> 
> 
> talk about
> On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Jim Ussailis wrote:
> 
> >    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group
> >    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> >    ** Remember you must be counted to post .
> >
> > Several years ago I bought a brush and 10 fiberglass rods. The rods 
> > are 3
> > feet long so you will need one more than required to go to top of the
> > flue stack. The brush is sized to be a tight fir in the flue stack. I 
> > got
> > mine at Florence Hardware, but I am sure the better hardware stores 
> > have
> > them.
> >
> > 13 years ago the stuff cost about $60.
> >
> > Because the brush is such a tight fit, you must push it above the 
> > chimny
> > as you will not be able to reverse it midway thru the cleaning process.
> > Get enough fiberglass rods.
> >
> > The procedure is simple. Place some papers / plastic under the
> > area where the stove pipe comes out. When  you take the pipe out
> > there can be a lot of mess. Disconnect / remove the metal smoke stack. 
> > Go
> > outside with it to get the dirt out. I usually clean it with a soft
> > brush on a flex handle.
> >
> > Next attach one rod to the brush & push it into the flue.
> > Get a shop vac and place the hose in the flue just below the brush. 
> > Place
> > a rag over the flue hole. Now push the brush up, adding a rod section 
> > as
> > needed. When the brush clears the top of the flue, pull it down. Most 
> > of
> > the soot will come down on the down stroke, so keep the vac running, 
> > and
> > the rag in the hole.
> >
> > Placing a large plastic bag in the shop vac before you start helps on
> > clean-up there.
> >
> > I clean the flue twice a year. About now, and again during the 
> > Janurary thaw.
> >
> > Jim Ussailis
> >
> > jim at nationalwireless.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Chris Duncan, GISmatters wrote:
> >
> >>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group
> >>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> >>    ** Remember you must be counted to post .
> >>
> >> I'm interested in good recommendations as well.  Twice in the last 
> >> month
> >> I've left a message with an Amherst-based sweep, the second time with 
> >> a
> >> comment that I'd already called two weeks earlier and would really 
> >> like to
> >> hear back... never got a call back either time.  Maybe they are very 
> >> good
> >> and have no time for new customers, but that doesn't help me much...
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> Frieda Reichsman wrote:
> >>> Can anyone recommend an experienced, good local chimney sweep?
> >>> (Shutesbury/Montague/Amherst etc.)
> >> -- 
> >>
> >> Chris Duncan, Ph.D.
> >> President/Senior Consultant
> >> GISmatters
> >>
> >> duncan at GISmatters.com
> >> http://www.gismatters.com/
> >>
> >> 227 E Pleasant St
> >> Amherst, MA 01002
> >>
> >> Tel: 413-549-2052
> >> Fax: 508-637-2557
> >>
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> Tom Adams
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