Originally Posted By: ecrofutt This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Depends on whether or not I’m alone.
With this one, you could smell it walking into the basement & the client was right there with me.
I just told him the the flue needed cleaning by a chimney sweep (certified by the Chimney Safety Institute of America (www.csia.org)); the flue needed to be properly connected to the chimney, and I didn't know if the black stain on the stone would come off or not.
But you can bet when I got alone, I sure shook my head over a homeowner who would continue to use this thing without having those issues taken care of.
Joe,
The black paint is "CREOSOTE" brand paint. Highly flammable. I recommend he use the NACHI blue (safest brand going) for all future applications of paint to stone under flues.
Originally Posted By: dvalley This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
That is a chimney crying for help. I can’t believe that the homeowner could let this go. Did they think that this was a natural occurence?
Lord...Please give people some common sense.
Opps....disregard... without these idiots, we would have empty reports.
Has anyone seen the new edition of Homeowner Fixerupper Standards?
I've looked everywhere and can't seem to locate it. If someone locates this reference book, please let me know. I need some laughs. 
Originally Posted By: jmyers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Erby,
Creosote, I never heard of that brand. Is that the new big orange brand or something? Well anyway, I agree that NACHI blue is a much better choice! 
