Cleaning Masonry & Pre-Fab Fireplace Chimneys from the “ Bottom Up ” (cont.)
11. Cleaning the Rain Cap: Spin the “Chimney Whip” up into the screening of the chimney cap in one direction and then the opposite direction to clean all corners of the cap. Note: Most caps are larger than the chimney flue. It may be necessary to clean cap before trimming whip to fit chimney flue.
12. Cleaning Smoke Chamber: Once chimney flue is clean, begin rotary cleaning smoke chamber. Use an Up and Down motion as well as a Side to Side motion while cleaning. Reverse drill to get complete cleaning action in opposite corners. Note: Many Pre-Fab fireplaces don’t have a smoke chamber but do require cleaning in the areas leading into the flue. A paint brush works well for these flat areas.
13. Clean the Smoke Shelf: Once the smoke chamber is clean, remove all debris from the smoke shelf using the vacuum or use a brush to scrape off the debris into a pile inside the firebox. It may be necessary to remove damper plate. Note: If you don’t have a vacuum, be extremely careful. Move slowly to minimize dust. Make sure there is an updraft in chimney to help prevent dust from entering room.
14. Re-install damper plate. 15. Clean the Firebox: Use a scrub brush or wire brush to remove all deposits from the walls of the firebox and damper area. 16. Visual Inspection: Again, use a powerful flashlight, and mirror if necessary, to look into chimney, smoke chamber and smoke
shelf to make sure they are cleaned completely.
17. Finishing up: Once all areas of the fireplace chimney are clean, remove all debris from inside the firebox. Note: Again, if you don’t have a vacuum, be extremely careful. Move slowly to minimize dust.
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