Had a Chimley Fire Today

[Gypo Logger]

It was a controlled one though. I let the fire roar with the door ajar, climbed on the roof and rattled a stick down the pipe. The stick caught fire and so did the creosote.
It was just like a tiger torch effect.
Must be caused caused by all that pine I have been burning.

 

[zogger]

Pics would have been cool...afterburner!!

 

[Gypo Logger]

Pics would have been cool...afterburner!!

Next time, I will take a pic of a chimley fire when It's dark out.
As as afterthought, a good cure for a chimley fire is just throw a cup or so of water into the firebox, which should smarten it up, unless the rafters and tarpaper start burning, at which time all that can be saved is the basement.

 

[audible fart]

It was a controlled one though. I let the fire roar with the door ajar, climbed on the roof and rattled a stick down the pipe. The stick caught fire and so did the creosote.
It was just like a tiger torch effect.
Must be caused caused by all that pine I have been burning.

 

[Greenthorn]

Pics would have been cool...afterburner!!

Yep, no pics, didn't happen......got to have a better story than this.....

 

[turnkey4099]

It was a controlled one though. I let the fire roar with the door ajar, climbed on the roof and rattled a stick down the pipe. The stick caught fire and so did the creosote.
It was just like a tiger torch effect.
Must be caused caused by all that pine I have been burning.

I'll bet that stick was the cause of it. Almost certainly it was a pine stick.

 

[Gypo Logger]

I'll bet that stick was the cause of it. Almost certainly it was a pine stick.

You're probably right. The pine stick was well seasoned after being on the roof all these years.
Would dumping diesel down the chimney help remedy the creosote issue, or should I just keep up with the scheduled chimney fires?

 

[fubar2]

Next time, I will take a pic of a chimley fire when It's dark out.
As as afterthought, a good cure for a chimley fire is just throw a cup or so of water into the firebox, which should smarten it up, unless the rafters and tarpaper start burning, at which time all that can be saved is the basement.

Not so sure I'd recommend water on firebrick lined or cast iron firebox. You may want to give that some more thought or add a disclaimer.

 

[Greenthorn]

Well John wouldn't send me a picture, but thankfully the local FD took a picture of it, ........

 

[Greenthorn]

Interesting,...... when I called several of the public servants or utilities to find out out if Gypo was ok....they hung up on me....

 

[ReggieT]

Well John wouldn't send me a picture, but thankfully the local FD took a picture of it, ........

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[ChoppyChoppy]

Isn't Chimley the fat dumb guy on that pawn shop TV show? Ahahaha!

 

[Wood Doctor]

An old friend of mine is no more. He neglected to scrape his chimney for three years while using an ancient pot belly stove for heat. Four years ago a chimney fire went off while he slept. Half his house burned down and he never made it out alive.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Whats a chimley????

 

[gary courtney]

Whats a chimley????

it is what burns the kindlin you chop with a " tommyhawk" ! we have a man on our fire dept. that got on the radio one night to tell us a house on tommyhawk had a chimley fire! when i saw this thread Gypo I thought of Stan!

 

[ReggieT]

Isn't Chimley the fat dumb guy on that pawn shop TV show? Ahahaha!

Sure it's not "Chumley" Tennessee Tuxedo's sidekick??