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Just had a close call with a blocked flue in a 1920s house in Springfield
The damper was frozen shut with creosote and the homeowner had a fire going, smoke started backing up fast. Had to shut it down and chip it out with a scraper for an hour before it was safe, anyone else run into a damper that bad?
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amygonzalez4d ago
Man that sounds scary. My uncle's old cabin had a flue so clogged with old nests it was basically a chimney for squirrels. We found like three layers of different animal homes in there, all packed tight with leaves and mud. Took a whole afternoon with a brush on a pole just to make a path for smoke. Those old places really hold onto their secrets, don't they.
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