If you have an open fire in your home and you use it during the winter months, you may think that as the weather is warming up and you’re not lighting a blaze in your fireplace that you don’t need to worry about having your chimney swept for the foreseeable future.
But spring is actually the perfect time to book a Marlow chimney sweep to come and take a look at your home and make sure it’s in good order.
As an article for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently noted, the spring months are typically quieter for chimney sweeps, which means they will certainly have time to come and take a look at your property.
This means when autumn rolls around you won’t be one of the people desperately scrabbling to book a chimney inspection before you can use your fire and rest assured that it’s safe.
A chimney sweep’s primary job is to clean the chimney of the buildup of creosote that occurs when you’re burning coal or wood. That means if you have your chimney cleaned in the spring after a winter of use, it won’t need cleaning again before you start using it the following autumn.
Your chimney sweep will also make sure that the chimney and fireplace are safe. If they identify any issues at your home, you’ll have a number of months to get them repaired before you’re getting ready to light a fire as we move into the winter.
One of the things that you can do to look after your chimney is to make sure you purchase the right kind of fuel. You should buy clean fuel and ensure that whatever you’re using in your fireplace or log burner is only what’s been recommended.
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