when to sweep

[desrob]

doing a gas fire insall, the fire that came out was not a solid fuel fire and the chimney as never been used for solid fuel in the past, whats bugging me is there seems to be quite a bit of soot etc on the walls of the chimney, quite normal your saying,yes, but my question is at what point would you consider getting the chimney swept.?????

 

[WHPES]

Whenever there is stuff in the chimney is time to sweep, especially when changing fires.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

second that, especially if no terminal fitted a smoke bomb will often go through a nest

 

[WHPES]

Have condemned a lot of oil boilers over the years with blocked flues the homeowners never bother getting swept. Very dangerous if flue gases can get into the house.

 

[desrob]

Have condemned a lot of oil boilers over the years with blocked flues the homeowners never bother getting swept. Very dangerous if flue gases can get into the house.

would you consider a liner even if integrity of chimney(flue)was fine

 

[WHPES]

I leave all of that to my chimney specialist!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

no it would not be needed the problem is unless you check it in conjunction with a roofer you wont know if the mid feathers have failed,you can sometimes see smoke coming out of more than one flue,but need to check its integrity from the top as well

 

[paulnwales]

always sweep when changing fuel types. its a dear job to add the flueliner but its not hard to explain why its needed.

 

[Dotty]

Desrob, take a butcher's at this thread mate. Some interesting reading imho.

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/gas-safety-register-forum/18469-chimney-sweep.html

 

[desrob]

Desrob, take a butcher's at this thread mate. Some interesting reading imho.

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/gas-safety-register-forum/18469-chimney-sweep.html

very imformative, i had read previous, but thanks anyways