CHIMNEY CLEANING (Mike Haduck)

[@foldermanusa]

I live in CT and your vids are great, I've learned a lot in a short time. I'm pretty handy but was still hesitant on attempting to repair some cracked blocks at the top of my chimney. I love your straightforward approach and invaluable tips, now I'm anxious to get into it! Thanks, and my best to you...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks foldermansenili. Mike

[@georgescofield6834]

I build chimneys currently here in New York with an "old school" mason, and it never gets old to me. I would hate to the old art of building with masonry go by the wayside. Just my 2 cents. I love your videos and whenever I get stumped I always turn to your videos so I don't have to ask the boss. Keep it up mike

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks George, its good to hear from the pros, I appreciate it , mike

[@perryelvy6009]

I have a old brick chimney with no flue liner. Is that common?

[@timhartsough6773]

Thank you I'm doing my first chimney job this week

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tim, Mike

[@mikelbhardin7202]

my dad is a self employed Mason here in South East Tennessee I've worked with him my hole life I've been going to work with him since was just out of diapers the masonry fire place was going in every house back than now we've built one in the last ten years I love building them it's somthing different than laying to the line everyday

[@thomasheller1526]

Thank you. Everything seems so strait forward when you explain it.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Thomas, mike

[@joshbrennan8774]

We’re all thinking it I’m just going to say it “polish compass” lol great vid mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Josh, the good thing about that is I am part Polish, lol, mike

[@perryelvy6009]

Mike, I have an old chimney that doesn’t have a flue liner it’s just all brick. It seems safe to use so I have with my fireplace insert. Any thoughts on if this is safe to use?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Perry, unless I was there to see it I can't say, thanks Mike

[@3809Patty]

Just a question.I had my chimmey cleaned before i started using it ..Its a insert..I use it every night..I get a roaring fire going..is there a need to clean it more then once a season? these Pine Mountain Cresote Buster says nothing about inserts? Can I use it? Thanks Patty

[@MikeHaduck]

In the winter I constantly check the chimney with a mirror, and or anyway else that would do it, I can not comment on the inserts unless I was actually there to see it, every chimney and situations is different, I hope it helps, thanks mike

[@mountainmike1685]

Inserts create more creasote than any other stove. inspect regularly and only burn hardwoods.

[@willhapeman4648]

chim chimmony chimcimmony chim chimcheree a sweep is as happy as happy can be!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Will, hope your doing ok, mike

[@marshalek208]

Mike- I need to replace a cast iron cleanout on my chimney. It's rusted badly. Is it just cemented in? What should I use, sand mix or mortar? Do i need a gasket ? I'd appreciate your feed back.

[@MikeHaduck]

+Lenny in PA hi lenny, I never heard of a gasket, I just use cement all mortar mix and it is done within a matter of minutes. hope it helps, thanks mike

[@marshalek208]

Thanks for the reply. Cement all mortar mix it is. Never did it beforethought maybe some kind of gasket was used.

[@jfarinacci0329]

Really good vid. Good info. Thank you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@georgescofield6834]

Hey mike, I wouldn't consider myself a pro yet, more like apprentice. Someday I'd love to have the knowledge that guys like you and my boss have acquired.

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks again George I still am learning myself, I still get surprised. thanks mike

[@ericlance3357]

I know that chimney sweeps will not like my cleaning system but I have cleaned my flue lined chimney for 35 years by this method. I call it my pulley and cable method. The chimney is 37 feet tall from basement floor to the top of the chimney cap. I have a very steep (10/12 ) pitch on my sheet metal sheet metal roof. It is dangerous for me to set ladders on the roof to clean the chimney. My self poured fireclay/concrete cap has rebar with an eye bolt attached to the rebar. The eye of the eye bolt has a pulley, cable, and steel brush attached to it. The cable is endless, being attached to both ends of the brush and stowed in the clean out in the basement when not being used. There is an excess of cable stowed in the clean out along with the brush. When cleaning, I pull the excess out and and simply pull the brush up and down as many times as required. I also shove the vacuum hose in the clean out to catch most of the fine creosote.

[@roontunes]

LOL is there nothing you won't tackle. My neighbour wouldn't pay a chimney sweep so he bought a set of rods and jammed them in the chimney, two days later he bought another set of rods and climbed onto the roof to try to dislodge the first set of rods and tangled both sets together in the chimney. He also busted his pot and had to pay to have it replaced and also had to leave most of the rods in the chimney. he never lived that down.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi ronntunes, I done some crazy things myself, lol, thanks mike

[@tonyjcool5314]

Thanks Mike .

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tony, mike

[@mikevelez1749]

Awesome video!!

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks mike , I appreciate it. mike

[@josecanisales3491]

You are a funny guy!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jose, Mike

[@taylormaidllc5732]

The vast majority of cracks in a chimney are due to moisture, not chimney fires. A chimney fire most def can break brick, but a crack does not equal a chimney fire. Additionally, all flue tile should be mortared together at the seams. If you happen to get mortar against the side of the flue tile, that's fine, but you definitely to NOT want to intentionally mortar-encase them. Clay tile will expand and contract at a different rate than brick or block because it's made of a different material with a different density. Where I'm from (in NE Ohio), the temperature variances are drastic and we often see issues that arise due to chimneys being "too tightly packed". Masonry needs to be able to breathe.

[@mikemallory6529]

Exactly right; leave 1" airspace around tile per BIA, MI & most building codes. A dab of mortar in various places will hold tile in place, but do not encase.

[@dave_thomas]

Lol...Like the Mirror Joke.

[@MikeHaduck]

+Marvi Marv thanks, mike

[@buildingourhomestead0]

Why is the masonry fireplace going extinct? Is it because of ease of construction, safety, cost or something else? Great videos btw.

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks Aaron, all that plus inspectors, license, liability, all that stuff, thanks mike

[@taylormaidllc5732]

A prefab fireplace is much faster and cheaper to build and requires less knowledge. You're looking around $10k-$20k for a prefab fireplace with a vinyl siding chase in comparison to a $20k-$40k brick fireplace and chimney (give or take depending on region and size of chimney).

[@patcornwell9298]

Really simple they don’t work all the heat go up the chimney. Then when the fire go out you have that big hole air heat go straight up the chimney. In most cases no way to stop the heat from going up the chimney it sucks the heat out.

[@fike301]

a proper built chimney will have used a product like heat stop 2 refractory cement in between the clay flu liners....reason is type S mortar will not with stand chimney fire temps.

[@Doom666R]

It's all based on draft, stack effect and, design. You want a warm flue in the positive pressure plane of the home with proper height

[@MikeHaduck]

very true, the days of masonry chimneys are over with, God bless, mike

[@9carcottrell246]

Brilliant man brilliant

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Sst, thanks for the kind comment, Mike

[@pauldhennessey]

can you slow down or stop a chimney fire by choking off the air supply with the damper

[@MikeHaduck]

thaks paulzo, very true, thanks mike

[@buzoff4642]

At what point is it not worth maintaining a "old school" chimney and replacing it with a power vent?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Buz, I did videos , chimney repair, Mike Haduck, where I rip one down, but masonry chimneys are a thing of the past, I stopped using mine 10 years ago, thanks, mike

[@olenaerhardt7725]

Can you burn a private papers (correspondence) in a chimney? In small batches of course. And a small pieces of a cardboard (~ 12x12 in?), like 2-3 of them at a time? Thank you for the great film.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Olena, I can,t really answer that, everything depends on the chimney type, Mike

[@x.cheyenne]

fire

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

I have a big ass door in basment its like a room inside for ash mine has a heatilator so you cant see straight up it

[@MikeHaduck]

hi raging bull, yep heatilators were big in the 70s. and they are good as long as the cap is on the chimney and the rain does not get in and rot them out, I have one in my house,,, I appreciate it. mike

[@3809Patty]

thank you

[@baggd65]

We only build them up to the throat now in california.

[@MikeHaduck]

I seen some codes they use in California because of the earthquakes. Masonry has been changing very fast, I am glad I got some of the old school in before it all disappears. thanks mike

[@paulg444]

I just dont think that ladder on the roof was safe. Perhaps a strap to secure it around the chimney so I could not slip if a gust of wind came.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Paul, my chimney days are comming to a close, thanks Mike

[@dslynx]

That's a copy of a polish compass, which is a snuff can with a mirror in the bottom.

[@MikeHaduck]

Now James you should know that I am part polish (Gin dobre) I don't know how to spell it but you know what I mean. thanks mike

[@dslynx]

Mike Haduck Heh... Well, Zawacki isn't exactly french. ;)

[@MikeHaduck]

James Zawacki I know LOL mike

[@dackbliamondexpeditions1928]

Bob Marley dude 2:28

[@MikeHaduck]

thank Dack, I do have a shirt like that, thanks mke

[@charlesenlow2326]

I can't believe he is explaining how to clean a chimney without using a respirator.

[@randallrun]

I know, right? That cloud of creosote dust that completely enveloped him nearly causing him to tumble from the roof was insane! LOL, some people…

[@3809Patty]

thank you