[wolfwalkerpa]

Last night my brother had a flue fire that wiped out part of a inside and outside wall of his house. The furnace in the basement was cold so the creosote must of smoldered all day because the smoke wasn't noticed until around 8:30 at night. No one was hurt but the firemen had to pull down the flue.

 

[Alice In TX/MO]

First rule of the fall - CLEAN THE CHIMNEY! Do this before lighting the first fire.

 

[Helena]

And burn your fire HOT for the first few minutes each day...And clean it during the winter too !!

 

[galfriend]

Glad to hear no one was hurt! Good thing it was caught in time before he lost his whole house!

 

[wolfwalkerpa]

The flue was cleaned , we busted up the flue and found the old clay liner was cracked and creosote was draining down between the liner and cement flue blocks must of been draining for years . His first fire in the furnace this season.

 

[Alice In TX/MO]

That's scary.