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Hit 1000 sweeps this month and found something wild
I hit my 1000th chimney sweep last week in a little old house near downtown. That number surprised me because I started this shop 3 years ago with a single brush and a beat up van. I keep a log of every job and I was curious what the most common problem is across all those sweeps. Turns out nearly 300 of them had bird nests or animal debris blocking the flue. That's way more than creosote buildup which I always thought was the big issue. Anyone else keep stats on their jobs like this or am I just weird?
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emery_craig1d ago
Funny you mention the bird nests. Last spring I was cleaning out my own chimney at the rental property and found a whole raccoon skeleton wedged in there. Damn thing must've crawled in during winter and couldn't get back out. Took me two hours with a shop vac and a coat hanger to get all the bones out. Neighbor thought I was doing some kind of weird Halloween decoration.
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