Chimney

A chimney cleaning company (Top Sweep, Inc) called me out of the blue to clean my chimneys. My house was gut renovated a little over a year ago before I purchased it. Do you think it’s necessary to have a chimney cleaning so soon? We have gas heat, no fireplaces and only one chimney. Has…

We are on the 5th floor of a 20 unit building. The boiler’s chimney goes right in our apartment between our from door hallway and a bedroom. When we walk in the door, there is a very strong odor which seems related to the boiler. Smells like oil/citrus/must? It seems to build up right in…

Hi all — We had a cracked chimney liner and had fumes coming in through the chimney on the parlor floor. So we had it relined on Wednesday. Well, the guys who did it got soot all over the house. And we still have fumes (but not as bad). We have started to put in…

can someone tell me if it’s code violation to takedown/remove interior masonry of existing/non used chimneys within my attached brick townhouse? would like to vent new boiler (mod/con) to roof with PVC behind chase wall, remove the brick footprint of the chimney and have a square room. I would re-brick the exposed area to match…