I frequently drive by an old log and mortar house. I think it was empty for years until recently. I noticed smoke coming out of the chimney around the time I started burning and noticed an uncovered pile of wood in the front lawn. Thick smoke was rolling out of the chimney daily until the wood pile disappeared. As I drove by I wondered what they were heating with during the cold snap. I think there’s an above ground oil tank next to the house. This afternoon I drive by after delivering a load of premium fully Tony Chachere Ash to new homeowners and see a newish dump trailer with several sappy ended white pine logs behind it. We all know what the end result will be.
When I first started burning in my current house I had a chimney fire. Called the fire dept and went on the roof with a hose. The firemen showed up, shot the chimney with a thermal gauge and told me it’s cleaning itself.
