The Rural Voice, 1995-10, Page 36FARM SAFETY FACTS
FROM THE
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CHIMNEYS
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SAFETY TIPS:
• Check pipes and chimneys
once every 30 days and
clean if necessary.
• Flue gases of 350°F or more
provide a good draw and
minimal creosote build-up.
• Clean chimneys with the
appropriate type of brush
approved for your chimney.
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turned on the exhaust fan. The
smoke convoyed toward the stairs.
We went back outside to check the
smoke. What we saw made our
hearts sink...
It had become a billow again, a
fast -rising plume against a
background of cirrus and blue. Even
as we watched, its centre began to
darken. Time for PLAN D ...
I took the fizzled Chimfex into my
shop, cut off its blackened end with a
hack saw, grabbed a handful of
matches and made for the basement
intent on firing up that old flare, one -
match -at -a -time if need be ...
0 pening the floor door to the
basement, I was greeted by
a pool of hoary opaqueness.
I couldn't see the light much
less the stairs! The exhaust fan must
have drawn this soup down the
chimney through the soot -jammed
clean out door.
"Turn off the exhaust fan!"
"What did you say?" shouted
Alice, still outside.
"The basement is full of smoke," I
blared. "Turn -off -the -exhaust -fan..."
"Don't you think I should call the
fire department?" she asked when I
met her at the door. "They're 20
minutes away. A lot can happen in
20 minutes."
"Let me try this first," I assured
her, not feeling all that assured. I
took a big gulp, made my way down
the stairs through the soup to the
clean-out, gulped again and struck the
first match. Surprisingly, the flare
took off on contact. I held it in the
updraft 'til I was sure it had caught,
placed it upright in the soot -rubble,
secured the door and went up to see if
this smoke -smothering thing would
work...
"It just changed colour," reported
Alice looking roofwards. "It's back
to white again. I don't think it's
burning any less, though ..."
The smoke died down some as we
watched. We heard "popping" noises
every so often and before long the
straight column began to re-form in
earnest. We knew it was time to pull
out all the stops and initiate PLAN
"GARDEN HOSE," the means of last
resort . . . (WARNING: water
delivered full force on a creosote fire
can explode brick and often results in
cracked/ruined chimneys).
I laced my shoes. Alice turned on