So readers, you may or may not know that our new house has a fireplace...but we didn't use it at all last winter because the house inspector said we needed to get a chimney inspection done. Older homes sometimes have masonry loss in the chimney, which would mean a quick house fire if hot embers got between the brick and into the house. We put off the inspection basically because we expected bad news and didn't have the money to put in a new liner.
Today though I was really missing a fire (which is weird because it was a beautiful sunny day today), so I called a chimney inspection/cleaning company to make an appointment. Turns out the guy was really close to our house when I called and didn't have any appointments after he was done at his current place, so he said he could show up in about an hour.
Good news! He said the chimney was fine, just needed to be cleaned. Yay! He took care of the cleaning, advised us to get a creasote log, and we were good to go. Apparently the mason that did our fireplace used a good design as well as good mortar, and we had "minimal pocket loss".
So..we have fire! Just in time for the cold and rainy season. Life is good.
The Squeeze and environs
13 years ago
2 comments:
Fire is good on cold and blustery nights! When you have your first roaring fire take some pics so we can see. I hear you are very very busy making quilts for Riley.
I saw your oldest daughter for all of five minutes yesterday. We were up in the Duncannon area to the old sled factory so I stopped at the diner just to say hello. She tells me now she is thinking of driving out to Seattle leaving on Christmas Day. I can't keep up with her.
We had a fire last night. Megan is joining us for Thanksgiving
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