Anyone have experience with cleaning a chimney?
 

Looking for some advice / perspective here.

I was going to hire a chimney sweeping company to clean our flue, as we've never had this done before (been using the fireplace on occassion for 4 years +).

My house was built in 1998 and looks like it has a stainless steele flue pipe / liner, so I'm hoping I wouldn't have any significant maintenance needs (other than the cleaning).

Anything I should be on the lookout for? Any recommendations?

My wife cleans my chimney at least once a week.

log chain
go up on the roof and drop one end down. rattle it around for awhile. should knock everything loose.
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Hmmmm...thinking that could dent the stainless steele.

Any other (serious) advice or thoughts?

The log chain deal is what most people I know do. If you want to go buy a brush, you could do that too.

I see - anyone think I should have any maintenance concerns with the stainless steele in a 11 year old home?

aint no chance you will dent your liner. I put one in last year, shit is high grade steel.

NO.

Thanks - again not the original owner of the home, but given the appearance and the year the home was built, I'm guessing it's stainless.

Thanks all.

well hello there mary poppins

only thing other than stainless liner is the old school chimney tile.
do you have a basement? if so does the chimney run through it? if it does do you have a soot door at the bottom?
If the answer is yes to any of these you need to find out if the liner has a cap at the bottom.
fireplace or stove insert?

I do.

For the low, low price of $200 I'll go up on your roof drop down a log chain and rattle it around.

I have a basement, but the chimney doesn't run throught it. No soot door - although I've heard about what you're talking about.

I live in the burbs, so I basically have the flu pipe, surrounded by the "wooden box" set up.

Just a basic woodburning fireplace. No stove insert - although I'd like one in ouir next home.

you shouldnt have nothin to worry about. you might go price 6in chimney sweeps at lowes/H.D. just to be sure....

Thanks for the info.

Is that just the chimney brush on the line deal?