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Contact your local municipal or provincial fire authority for information on how to handle a chimney
fire. Have a clearly understood plan to handle a chimney fire.
5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney
Chimney cleaning can be a difficult and
dangerous
job.
If
you
don't
have
experience cleaning chimneys, you might
want to hire a professional chimney
sweep to clean and inspect the system for
the first time. After having seen the
cleaning process, you can decide if it is a
job you would like to take on.
The most common equipment used are
fibreglass rods with threaded fittings and
stiff plastic brushes. The brush is forced
up and down inside the chimney flue to
scrub off the creosote.
The chimney connector assembly should
always be cleaned at the same time the
chimney is cleaned.
CAUTION: Operation of your stove without the baffle may cause unsafe and hazardous temperature
conditions and will void the warranty. NOTE: Before installing the firebrick, check to ensure that
none are broken or damaged in any way. If so, have the damaged ones replaced. Check the
firebrick for damage at least annually and replace any broken or damaged ones with new ones.
Inspection and cleaning of the chimney is facilitated by the removable baffle.
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