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between $30 and $50, according to Northup. Homeowners can also seal up the front of their fireplaces with heavy paper and tape during the flue scrub down.

Northup noted, however, that do-it-your-selfers have no way to get to the walls of the smoke chamber except from the bottom. They must open up the protective paper in order to brush off the soot knocked down from the flue onto the smoke shelf—the spot that most chimney fires start. Then they can clean up when the dust settles, he added. For those folks undaunted by heights and sooty living rooms, brushes and rods like those used by professionals are available locally at ITC Solar in Warrenton, Northup said. He added, however, that the wisest and safest answer to keeping a chimney clean and safe is to let the professionals do it.

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