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Why It's Important to Have Your Chimney Cleaned For many of us, it’s still much too warm to make a fire in the fireplace, but before you do, it’s wise to hire someone to clean the chimney. They’re more known as chimney sweeps and are generally worth whatever it costs to hire them. The days are gone however when you could lower a small boy into a chimney with a broom or brush and force him to clean the soot and creosote from the pipe of the fireplace. That may noway have happened, but the notion was eternalized by Charles Dickens in the stories of the orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who was sold to a chimney sweep.
When the weather gets a little chilly, there is nothing better than settling in and coming to a crackling fire while you are listening to some songs or reading a book. Though new homes and newer forms of heating technology have moved into its home, the fireplace still has so many lovers who see it as a cost-effective way to warm the home while also adding an old-fashioned sense to the room it’s in. When a fireplace is in use, the smoke and debris it puts off as a result of burning wood or coals travels up your chimney and out the top, creating that graphic smoky chimney looks that