Chimney and Fireplace Cleaning Tips

For many people the perfect Christmas looks like the one described in the fairy tails, with fireplace, lots of presents, smiley people all around the house and a lot of love. However, this dream could be hard to become a reality, especially if the fireplace is dirty and the smell of the smoke is all around the house.

So, here are some tips on how to clean a fireplace in a way that the chimney to suck better and therefore your house to be only warm but not filled with smoke too.

You will need to buy a set of chimney rods with some brushes and ropes. You can find these in any hardware store or even In some of the hyper markets where domestic products are selled.
Put a pair of old trousers and shirt. This job is pretty dirty, so you almost certainly will become very scooty. Put a clean tarp in front of the fireplace. Its main job is to collect all of the scoot that will come down. In order to be placed well, you can fix the tarp with duct tape. Be sure to use big piece of tarp, because the scoot falls from pretty high, so it will come all over the place, if you are not prepared well.

Open the damper of the fireplace. This prevents the wind to come inside when the fireplace is not burning, so it is kind of stopper, which will need to be removed for the cleaning.

Climb on the roof, take the wires and the brushes with you and start the cleaning. In order to be sure that you are not going to fall, try to fix yourself to something. The brushes are usually designed to twist, so even if there is something, the brush should be able to remove it.

When you are ready, simply vacuum clean what had fallen down and close the fire place again.

However, if you need a professional help in your domestic cleaning, you can simply hire cleaners Lower Holloway. They among the best in the business, so the work will surely be done prefectly and very fast.

Cleaners Lower Sydenham will help you to clean and aroma your house as good as no one else, so take advantage of their services.

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