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“Heating with wood is a very exciting return to renewable resources but chimney fires can be a potential time bomb hidden inside your chimneys,” warned Jim Northup, Rapphannock sweep who’s tackled the fireplaces and flues at the White House and Camp David. In 1975, chimney fires caused S23.2 million in damages in the U.S. alone. “These fires are completely avoidable with proper maintenance and proper use of your fire places and wood stoves,” Northup maintained.
Problems are created because burning wood does not produce complete combustion. The by-products pass as hot gas through the cold chimney surface, leaving deposits of highly flammable creosote.
“All it takes is one hot spark or a flame to set the creosote on fire. Once it’s ignited, creosote burns with
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