Hey, Mr. Dump called a chimney sweep in Maynard (Chim Chimney) and not only did they take his call, they are going to come out and clean our chimney in less than a week! How excited am I? I can’t begin to tell you. Well, I did begin to tell you, but you know, you have to fill in the blanks. It’s been WAY too long since we got the chimney swept. Like, I don’t think we’ve ever had it swept. We don’t have many fires (in the fireplace, not in the chimney, duh) in any given year, and 80% of the time we’re using the fake logs, so our risk is lower than a heavy wood burning fireplace. And we have used those logs that are supposed to clean out the chimney. I assume they are crap and a waste of good money, but it made us feel like we were at least giving it the old elementry school try.
Well after Tuesday I won’t have to worry about it for the whole rest of the year! Woo!
Let me know if he’s any good. I hear you should have your chimney swept once a year, and we’ve been in our house four and never had it done. We too go Duraflame, but still — the creosote buildup can’t be good.
Now to get that $%^&ing guy to take down my tree…
And don’t forget to shake his hand for good luck!