Chimney Sweeping?

Cavalier_2

Firstly... please excuse this if it sounds like a really dumb question, I've never had open fires before and so feel a bit stupid asking

We're in the process of buying a house with a woodburner and also an open fire. I know from the existing owners that when the wood burner was installed the chimney was lined.

I've got a couple of questions about sweeping the chimneys...

1) Do you have to sweep a lined chimney (i.e. the one with the wood burning stove?
2) How often should you have them swept?
3) I've seen people quote £35 on average, is there anything I should ask when I get someone in, e.g. are there any 'extras' that you need to consider once in a while?

As I said, sorry if these questions are a bit basic!

Thanks,
Simon

greyteam1959

1)
Yes you do need to sweep a lined chimney woodburner or caol
2)
Usually once a year but you have to take the advice of your local chimney sweep on this
3)
Price is about right just depends where you live I suppose

If you use a properly registered sweep he will issue a certificate when he has finished.
This tells you what he has done / the condition of your chimney / when it needs sweeping again etc etc.
It is a sort of fire safety certificate I suppose.

Cardew

There have been a number of threads on this subject one is:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=313601&highlight=chimney

The main thing is to ensure you do not burn unseasoned wood.

Cavalier_2

Cardew wrote: »

There have been a number of threads on this subject one is:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=313601&highlight=chimney

The main thing is to ensure you do not burn unseasoned wood.

Thanks very much for the reply... I had already searched the forum and read that thread but I couldn't really find anything conclusive about what to do with lined chimneys and wood burning stoves... i.e. do you treat them any different from ordinary open fires?

Thanks for the tip as well, I would never had known that, I would have just thought as long as it is wood it will burn! I googled about unseasoned wood and it explained the difference between new and old wood.

Cavalier_2

Thanks Mervyn... that's exactly what I wanted to know