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Talking to a firefighter in Denver made me rethink my creosote advice
I was finishing a job last week and got chatting with the homeowner's neighbor, who's a firefighter. He said they see way more chimney fires from 'glazed' creosote, the hard, shiny kind, than the fluffy soot we usually warn about. I've always told clients the fluffy stuff is the main danger. He said that glazed stuff can ignite at a lower temperature and is way harder to put out. It really hit different coming from someone who sees the worst-case results. So, should we be changing how we talk about risks with customers? Is fluffy soot getting too much of the bad rep?
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cameron7242d ago
My buddy's cabin in Pine Grove almost burned down from that glazed stuff. The chimney sweep said it looked like black glass. They had to use a special chemical treatment to break it up before they could even scrape it. Makes you wonder how many people are getting bad advice. That firefighter is right to be worried.
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