Except you didn't ask your neighbor. You chose to watch a video OFFERED by this channel which means you can take it for what it is or spend the time to do your own research and find the info your looking for. Probly take you more time than it took to watch this video though.
I thought it was all interesting. The video wasn't that long and the information was free. People want free information and people to take the time to give it but complain about how they do it. smh
We had a chimney fire in early April. I had one of these flares for 38 years and never needed it until that night, the price sticker was still on it $4.69. My wife had already called the fire department. I lit the flare and put it in the stove the fire went out within 30 seconds. The fire department arrived and were amazed we had one of these flares. They said they are the single best items wood stove users should have. The chimney guy came the following Wednesday cleaned our chimney also saying these flares work. I have two in stock in case I ever need it. The chimney guy said every few weeks to throw and aluminum can into the stove. The aluminum oxide will loosen the creosote on the chimney walls.
Thank you so much, really really appreciate this. You have no idea. Thank you!!!! You guys are helping me keep my family safe and I can actually sleep better at night. God bless you!! ❤😊❤
Per a chimney sweep business's website: "Many have claimed that burning aluminum cans is an effective technique to clean your chimney. Though there may have been cases where this method has worked slightly, nothing takes the place of actually cleaning out the chimney. In fire tests conducted on aluminum materials, it was found that when fire temperatures exceed the melting point (which occurs at a range of 600-660°C), aluminum surfaces that are exposed to the fire can melt, but do not burn. Heating the cans causes an increase in heat in a chimney which can help prevent creosote from building up on a clean chimney. However, aluminum oxides are very stable and do not react to high temperature. This means that there will not be much of an impact on built-up creosote. ....To help prevent creosote from building up in your fireplace, it is important to use efficient burning techniques. For example, burn small, hot fires using hardwood Our professionals at Brick + Ember Outfitters recommend that homeowners get their chimney system serviced at least once a year."
I have actually had good results by tearing off the top of a box of baking soda and fling the contents into the fire and close it up tight. The fire gets extinguished or drastically reduced, and the heat rising up the chimney carries a portion of the soda up and reduces or extinguishes the fire there.
Thank you, I had no clue this was possible. Ordered one today. If you are watching this for the first time the actual content starts at 7:25 , skip ahead. The rest is all loosely related Anecdotal viewing engagement stories.
I am quite sure that shooting off the cap was unrelated to the fire stopping... think how long that took, it was probably just that the chimney fire simply burned itself out because it used up all the fuel in the chimney
A well built chimney can burn out without risking a house fire. My mom would twist a newspaper torch and throw it in the bottom clean out door about once a year to burn it out. Needless to say it would have all the neighbors in a panic every time. It would shoot flames about 10 feet and soot would float down over the whole neighborhood.
@@dallasburgess5329 Believe me,I wouldn't advise anyone to try it. My mom acted like it was no big deal but it scared the hell out of me. It sounded like a train going through a tunnel.
My mother used put twisted newspaper up into the chimney and it would catch fire and burn the soot and then go out into the garden to see the flame shooting up thru the chimney. She never called out a chimney sweep.
My father extinguished a chimney fire in the early 1970s by shooting his shotgun up the chimney. That is the advantage of having an open fire place. Then he went to the pub for a drink.
Simple to put a chimney fire out, add 2 cups of water on the fire slowly not to put the fire in hearth out as you need that to create the steam to put fire out. The steam rises and puts the fire out in the chimney. The secret is don't add to much water. Wait few minutes minutes then add another cup of water slowly to make steam. This is the method fire brigade used attending my chimney fire. Allways keep small bucket of water and cup close to fire place for this reason is my insurance. It works purfectly this method was known by most people years ago when every home had a open fire.
This method worked for me about 30 years ago. I heard what sounded like sand raining down inside the long stovepipe and a couple of backpressure puffs of smoke came into the house. Half a cup of water on the hot coals, as to not damage the hot woodstove and closed the side door. Steam shot up the 24 ft stack and the fire was out 🙏. Scary few seconds for sure.
Our son had a chimney fire and the daughter-in- law called the fire dept. It was very scary for them. The fire dept told them the best way to put out a chimney fire is to through wet newspapers into the stove and the steam from the newspapers will put out the fire. They didn’t have anything to good to say about that gadget the two guys used 🤔
When we had a chimney fire in the 60's the firemen advised we kept a large washing up liquid bottle full of water near the fireplace (was open fire) and just squirt water up the chimney to put a chimney fire out.
I found this video while looking for a way to make an anchor for my chimney that I'm redoing. It's an odd size so I can't find one manufactured. You didn't help with that problem but you did educate me quite a bit on what to do if the fire is out of control in my fireplace. Thank you so much for that.
Why not just use a dry chemical extinguisher??? The draft of the fireplace will pull the dry chemical agent up the chimney and " extinguish the flames! If you have a carbon dioxide extinguisher it will work as well & just extinguish the fire in the fireplace with a bucket of water cause a steam effect & put the chimney fire out; all of these methods will work,ìf the fire is contained within the chimney! However, if the house is on fire,get everybody out if it is safe to do so & call 911 the fire department and give them your address immediately! Be brief & tell the emergency operator what kind of fire you have- for example; when the operator ask for your information; don't panic! Say something like this..." I have a structure fire @ number 2 main street anything u.s.a. there are 3 people or no people inside & we think the fire is in the wood stove chimney ,we have gas & electric utilities as well." ( I am a retired fire Captain, so this information is from 23 years of hands on experience !
Here's the problem... if you put out the fire you have only solved the result and not the cause. Especially those who heat only with wood might not understand, though they should, that there will be another fire if they continue to use the chimney. This is a situation where prevention is paramount. Creosote forms when green (unseasoned) wood is burned and also when a slow fire is kept as in banking the fire for the night. Unless you have a poorly constructed chimney setup the best way to avoid buildup is to burn a hot or roaring fire whenever you kindle your stove or fireplace. This will burn off the excess creosote and prevent a larger chimney fire from starting. Usually fireplaces will burn hot enough that creosote will not form anyway due to poor draft control. It is these airtight stoves that are generally the most problematic due to incomplete combustion from lack of oxygen when closed up. This might be a good product for someone who neglects their chimney but I think it is far better to clean the entire chimney and pipes yearly and to burn hot fires regularly to keep buildup to a minimum for a safe wood heating solution. This method has worked for me these past sixty years that I've been heating with wood. Blessings
I agree. We have a newer install. The installer recommended have a small hot fire in the morning. So it is, wife gets the morning fire going on last nights coals. Runs a a cycle were it burns hot, house warm, rake the coals through the day, load it up, runs a cycle where it burns front to back, repeat. Remove ash/coals as required [garden use]. We have 2 45 degree elbows where upon cleaning found the most creosote build up. Installer stated the chimney is rated for a chimney fire. He stated one could toss a water soaked paper towel roll into the stove to extinguish. Not my words. Our wood is 2 years dry now. Expecting better chimney clean out next year. Friends dad had his chimney 80% blocked and back draft from unseasoned wood last year. Pulled over years ago upon seeing a chimney fire on an old farm house. Yelled into the house "FIRE" Looking for people eventually an old fella come up a forest trail. Fire Department was now onsite and he happened to be poaching and had 7 deer in the barn. Karma. Clean it each year. Peace of mind.
Not always the case with soot. I did not know about hedge and burned it so the fire got so hot the it cause a chimney fire. Got it put out and now know what hedge is so other then small pieces to start I do not use hedge. The same thing can happen by overloading wood in your fireplace or wood stove.
Had a chimney fire 30 years ago. Had it out before the fire Dept arrived by shooting water down from the top via a hose- which destroyed the inside pipe and resulted in having a new chimney built. Fire Depth said: WRONG. They said to shoot the water into the cleanout of the chimney which would via steam rising would’ve put out the fire AND have saved the chimney. OK - next time
Save your potato peelings, let them dry out and just throw a good size handful in the fire once a week and you won't have creasote build up. Old hillbilly remedy from out in the stix with no fire dept. nearby.
I was walking around my older townhouse community about fifteen years ago and saw sparks coming out of the chimney of an end unit. The wind was blowing in just the right direction that the sparks were falling all along the roofline. I rang their bell and by the time they came out to see it, there were flames popping up out of the chimney and the sparks were starting to make some of the shingles smolder and smoke a bit. Luckily our townhouses were built in 1969 and these were solid ceramic core brick chimneys with concrete tops and steel caps, and our roofs had asbestos shingles.
I had bought a 25 year old house where the previous ower said the chimney was cleaned about a year before and i should think about getting it clean The house i had been living at for 5 years and never cleaned the chimney which was the first house i had with a fire place My first fire in the new to me house i went outside to see if sparks were going into a near by tree and couldn’t believe what i seen the chimney looked like a butane cigarette lighter huge blue flame lucky for me i had a fire extinguisher near by let it go into the fire box then pointed up the chimney and finished it off Climbed onto the room and could not see down the chimney due to so much creosol from the previous owners burning chip board and other crappy fire wood We were lucky the house didnt burn down
I had one in a fireplace what I did was I found some sheet metal I had perfect to cover the fireplace opening cut the oxygen put it out. I put some 8x8 concrete blocks to hold it it was hot and we called the fire department by the time they got up there looked at it was out. I had a guy come out clean it he said the fire burned most of it away. My fireplace has a very thick liner in it so he said likely would not have burned my house down unless something fell on the roof. Now I have it cleaned once a year well worth $220.
Had a chimney fire a few years ago, when my wood burning stove was roaring and set fire to the flue. Outside it looked like a volcano erupting with lots of smoke & flames. Managed to put it out by 1. dousing the fire in the stove using a garden sprayer & bottle of water, then 2. rammed a wet dust sheet into the throat of the stove, to cut off the air supply. It worked a treat but was pretty scary. After it all cooled down, I swept the chimney before relighting the stove.
I used the same technique, much to the surprise of the firemen. They couldn't believe I'd had a chimney fire until they saw my son's video. Break the fire triangle for success.
When I used to be a firefighter, we would use our water extinguishers to do that. Spray the coals, which steamed upwards up the chimney, and usually would put the fire out. The one warning I got(though I never saw it happen), was to be sparing with the water. The quick change in temperature could end up cracking the liner
We have an outside the house chimney. Those chimneys have a tendency to creosote faster do to begin outside and cooler. We clean our chimney every two weeks marked on the calendar. Been burning wood for 50 years with good luck. We do keep two firesticks on hand.
One of my buddies came home for lunch one day and the pot bellied stove, which had been stoked by his wife a few minutes before, began to make strange pulsing noise. He quickly identified it as a flu fire and threw a half gallon on CoolAid into the stove. The resulting explosion blew steam and fly ash all over his den and kitchen. It put the flu fire out but the clean up took an entire day.
Exactly! That's where I think a fire extinguisher used to first put the fire itself out then point it up the chimney to smother the chimney fire! Have read other comments where it's been done successfully as well!
If you heat your house totally with wood, you should clean your chimney 2 or 3 times each winter and that''s if you are well experienced with what wood to burn and familiar with your stove. if you are new at this, do it more often until you know how often it needs it.
Modern stoves and furnaces are more efficient and send cooler smoke up the chimney which allows the build up of creosote. Long chimneys typically draft better to expel the particulates. Insulated double-lined stainless flue seems to be a great option on an exterior chimney. But the old standard is the clay flue brick chimney. The smoke heats up the mass of the chimney and provides heat long after the fire dies. I have an old house with an inefficient wood stove and a 30 foot long clay flue chimney. The chimney running through every story of the house stays warm and provides constant heat. I run an 8" square brush to clean it once year and get less than a gallon of soot-never creosote-just messy soot. Just clean your chimney once in a while and you are doing better than most and shouldn't have an issue. Oh yeah, I only burn hard wood and I wouldn't necessarily call it seasoned. ,
If you have to use this device. Still call the fire department 🚒You want to be sure the fire is actually out and doesn’t build back up! They will come out and use thermal imaging cameras to make sure she’s out! 🔥🚒🚒
Why don't you just tell people to get a pot of water and throw it on the fire? This instantly creats steam and it puts the fire out, and yes i know from experience.
I heard that throwing a box of baking soda (Arm & Hammer) into a firebox generating a chimney fire will stop the flames dead in their tracks due to the concentrated release of CO2 present in the baking soda that is released when it contacts the flames. So I always keep a box or two next to all my wood burning stoves just in case....
They are in away. It's the build up of creosote that blocks flues and causes fires within the chimney. That's why if you come across old houses that have burnt to the ground the structure will be gone, but the chimney is still standing.
You must ether be an idiot or really board to post a comment like that. What difference does it make if it took 1 second or 30 as long as the fire went out. I see that your in good company as some of your fellow idiots agreed with you.
That's because UK building regu;ations make us have better designed flues & only a state registered HEATAS engineer can work on a flue or solid fuel appliance. That Chimnex may be OK, I've not used one. As a retired UK firefighter, I've been to plenty of chimney fires over the years, but no one ever shot at the roof, even in a blizzard.
Had a chimney fire. Very scary. Threw water on the fire and all the smoke evidently snuffed out the fire in the chimney. Worked immediately. Fire department came and checked everything. Fast forward, use gas fireplace now.
There should be a smoke damper in the chimney. Just close the smoke damper and voila, chimney fire eats the oxygen from the chimney and the chimney the fire goes out. Smoke damper also prevents the cold air creeping in when it is cold outside. I live in Finland and I guarantee, every chimney here has a smoke damper.
Great advice but if you close the damper on a live fireplace , your house will rapidly fill with smoke no? Smoke is what does the damage and costs thousands to clean up and remove.
@@jspee1965 No need to TOTALLY close the damper. By closing it enough to stop extra air to pass the fireplace stops the chimney fire from getting oxygen and it extinguishes.
Wood stove size can have something to do with it also. If your stove is too big for your room/house, you will tend to burn it "colder" to avoid having it too hot in your room/house. This will increase creosote buildup in your chimney. Better to get a smaller stove and burn it hot than have a stove that is too big and burn it cold.
Not me, I have a huge old Kodiak that holds a lot of wood, I fill it up and it burns for a long time. I have a chimney brush that I use every month or two. That fire putter outer is a must have. I think 99% of people, including myself, have had chimney 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Imagine your chimney is on fire, and you look up on RUclips how to put it out, and have to listen to these two knuckleheads talk about this man's decades-old story in Michigan before telling you what to do
Or, you could use that thing called common sense and research and prepare to handle it ahead of time. But that's ok, you do it your way so as to continue to provide entertainment in your failures for the rest of us that have common sense :)
@@Christy.1 You idiot, that's why I'm here. To learn about what to do in case you have a chimney fire. I've never had a chimney fire, so this was was research. The only entertainment anyone here is getting is from you failing to get a read on the situation. Also, I want to point out: your comment suggests that I wasn't here to prepare in advance in the event of a chimney fire. If that is the case, the only other reason I'd be here, is if there was an active chimney fire I am looking to put out. How stupid do you have to be to think I would take the time away from putting that fire out, to comment on this video? Your argument is self defeating.
When I was a kid(8yrs)we rented a cottage in the summer, 2nd day there the night got cold so we lit the airtight(sort of)in the cottage. About an hour later we heard that scary train/tornado sound coming from the woodstove. Luckily I was tasked with watering the owners flower and vegetable gardens while we were there and he had a really decent jet pump set up on his cottage. So I just walked outside turned the hose on and adjusted the spray nozzle for fully tight strongest stream and it easily reached the top of the A frame peak where the chimney cap was and with hitting the side of the piping and a little bit down the pipe(not too much)I had extinguished the chimney fire before even anybody else came outside to see what they could do to stop it, they had closed the damper and dialed the stove airscrews down tight and everything was done. I was the local hero for the week and the owner was really nice to me for the rest of his life. He was a helluva a good guy and I really enjoyed talking with him everytime I would see him as I grew. He was very thankful that I was there at the time and even at such a young age, that I had a grasp of knowledge enough to take care of his cottage. It was scary though if that hose had not been there and his pump not strong enough, the cottage would fer sure have burned to the ground, all he had was older tin type piping up through the whole place and one 2ft section of insulated to run through the roofing joist. The flames and sparks coming out of the cap area of the piping were at least 10ft and bright in colour so it was damn hot and only had tar shingles all around the stack. I was just happy to help.
Another way to put out the fire fast, at least in the fireplace, is to use wood ash or salt. I have half a bucket of wood ash just for this. No chimney fire yet though. Knock on wood. Cheers
❤ DON'T TAKE CHANCES! My great-aunt and her family were killed when a chimney fire exploded before they could get out of the house! Get your chimney cleaned regularly, or just don't use it! Also, Chimfex only works if you have a fireplace door that will keep the oxygen out.
Thank you so much for showing an actual fireplace chimney on the roof. Mine is burnt looking like the one you showed, so I guess it's normal. I couldn't sleep many days worried, but we need heat at night. I'm much more comfortable now. Thank you so so much! ❤😊
How could you possibly not show the Chimney Fire Extinguisher in action? That was soo lame. I want to se what it looks like when activated... And by the way, if you have a wood burning stove, please make shure your chimney is cleaned at least every other year. That is unless you have a clean burning fireplace (with an enclosed fire chamber and afterburner air injection nozzles inside). If so, I guess a 5 year cleaning/inspection is enough.
Why does it take you 621 seconds to tell us how to out out a chimney fire in 22 seconds? Starve it of H2O is the answer.......took me about 7 seconds. You clearly know here to help, you just want views.
drop 2 Kg of coarse salt in the fire... stops the chimney fire in a minute... cheap, easy, "ecologic" :D and works. can be stored at fireplace proximity for decades...
I just keep a gallon of spray water around the fireplace. Cause you never know when its going to happen. But by having water by the fireplace, can put it out fast if you need to or to help kill down the fire if it gets to hot. I also keep a drain water hose near the chimney. I just connect the hose to it
Or....you could learn to not mess upp your chimney by only using dry wood and also make sure the fireplace gets enough oxygen. Preferably also stop using open fireplaces since they are stupid and ineffective and easily builds up tar in the chimney. Speak to your chimney sweeper about how to keep a fire the right and safe way. If your chimney sweeper doesnt know about the proper way to maintain a fire, please get another chimney sweeper. Dont throw aluminium cans into the to fire, aluminium oxide is poisonous to nature. Throw in some zink or dried potato peels instead to oxidize a tar buildup without burning it.
You two are a joke. Burn your fire hot and never have a chimney cap with a screen. I have been burning wood for forty years. Burn hot cleans the pipe, then damper it down. Second, never build a chimney with a crap clay liner. If you have a clay liner, put in a stainless liner. And never ever burn wet wood.
10 minutes and 21 seconds to tell you how to do something in 20 seconds. Way to go milk man. Now let me save you the 25 bucks you're wasting on that junk. Grab a bath towel, soak it in water real quick and throw it into your fire. Chimney fire will go out in no time at all.
Wow thanks so much. I just had a weird situation happen with my wood stove. It was like a propane stove leaking gas and then it was literally. A whoosh. I could have lost my eye brows. I shut the flute to limit oxygen. Tomorrow I will sweep the chimney myself and order one of those gadgets you demonstrated in your video. This house I am in is a rebuild from the exact situation.
Heard a story once about a 12 gauge used to sweep the chimney by firing it up the pipe… so happened to be there was a little concrete inspection door wallpapered over just beside the bed in the master bedroom. It blew out and guaranteed a dark night’s sleep. 😂
I had a chimney fire. I closed all the dampers, etc but there must still have been enough air leakage so it kept on burning. I ran to the top of my house, up the short ladder that was always against the chimney, put on the gloves, lifted the conical top off. Flames were down below, not up there where I was. I flipped the top over and set in on top of the chimney. This sealed it well and stopped almost all the airflow, and the chimney fire went out.
So you said you flipped the top over and set on top of the chimney"? Wow. Didn't that burn your asss or were you able to just hover over the chimney top until the fire went out? Amazing story.
A fireman told me that they carried a bucket of wet newspapers and they will throw that in the fire and it will steam out the chimney fire and extinguished it
I feel like i just asked my neighbor a simple question and he jabbered on for 30 minutes before answering while i contemplated jumping out the window.
Except you didn't ask your neighbor. You chose to watch a video OFFERED by this channel which means you can take it for what it is or spend the time to do your own research and find the info your looking for. Probly take you more time than it took to watch this video though.
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I think it is pretty funny. @@JK-mr8wv
10minute video to explain a 22second process? My house is in 🔥 waiting for you guys to get to the point.
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HA HA HA HA yea exactly what i thought, Proper Rambling rose.
I thought it was all interesting. The video wasn't that long and the information was free. People want free information and people to take the time to give it but complain about how they do it. smh
@@dianabaskin1944 then you complain about them
i wish it was longer 🤣@@raccoondon488
Actual content of video begins at 6:30
Thanks for sparing me from the mundane cheeter chatter 👍
They don’t even light the dang thing. What a waste of time.
Dang after 6 mins I went to the comments and by 6:37 I seen this💀🤣🤣 not a bad video tho
I saw the video was over 10 minutes long so I immediately went to the comments. Thank you for saving me several minutes!
Yeah, that would have been useful to know.
We had a chimney fire in early April. I had one of these flares for 38 years and never needed it until that night, the price sticker was still on it $4.69. My wife had already called the fire department. I lit the flare and put it in the stove the fire went out within 30 seconds. The fire department arrived and were amazed we had one of these flares. They said they are the single best items wood stove users should have. The chimney guy came the following Wednesday cleaned our chimney also saying these flares work. I have two in stock in case I ever need it. The chimney guy said every few weeks to throw and aluminum can into the stove. The aluminum oxide will loosen the creosote on the chimney walls.
Good to know about the aluminum can trick
Thanks 🙏
Will try it this winter
Thank you so much, really really appreciate this. You have no idea. Thank you!!!! You guys are helping me keep my family safe and I can actually sleep better at night. God bless you!! ❤😊❤
Per a chimney sweep business's website: "Many have claimed that burning aluminum cans is an effective technique to clean your chimney. Though there may have been cases where this method has worked slightly, nothing takes the place of actually cleaning out the chimney.
In fire tests conducted on aluminum materials, it was found that when fire temperatures exceed the melting point (which occurs at a range of 600-660°C), aluminum surfaces that are exposed to the fire can melt, but do not burn. Heating the cans causes an increase in heat in a chimney which can help prevent creosote from building up on a clean chimney. However, aluminum oxides are very stable and do not react to high temperature. This means that there will not be much of an impact on built-up creosote.
....To help prevent creosote from building up in your fireplace, it is important to use efficient burning techniques. For example, burn small, hot fires using hardwood
Our professionals at Brick + Ember Outfitters recommend that homeowners get their chimney system serviced at least once a year."
Great tip with the aluminum can
@@dryerventcleans His tip is false. Aluminum cans do NOT loosen the creosote. See my comment above.
I have actually had good results by tearing off the top of a box of baking soda and fling the contents into the fire and close it up tight. The fire gets extinguished or drastically reduced, and the heat rising up the chimney carries a portion of the soda up and reduces or extinguishes the fire there.
This also works because heating baking soda releases carbon dioxide, essentially suffocating the fire from oxygen
Another big mistake folks make is to burn wet wood. The cooler burning temps leads to more creosote production from incomplete combustion.
Great point
That's exactly what happend to me. f
That is why it is so important to only burn seasoned wood.
I catch mine on fire on purpose to clean it.
Thank you, I had no clue this was possible. Ordered one today. If you are watching this for the first time the actual content starts at 7:25 , skip ahead. The rest is all loosely related Anecdotal viewing engagement stories.
You’re awesome! Thank you
Saved several minutes of jabbering. Thanks!
Mentioned price $25 in video. Link given takes to Amazon $35.99 for one. Did you pay that price?
@@cyndib3587 I would happily pay $50 for this.
Thanks
I am quite sure that shooting off the cap was unrelated to the fire stopping... think how long that took, it was probably just that the chimney fire simply burned itself out because it used up all the fuel in the chimney
A well built chimney can burn out without risking a house fire. My mom would twist a newspaper torch and throw it in the bottom clean out door about once a year to burn it out. Needless to say it would have all the neighbors in a panic every time. It would shoot flames about 10 feet and soot would float down over the whole neighborhood.
Love it...
@@dallasburgess5329 Believe me,I wouldn't advise anyone to try it. My mom acted like it was no big deal but it scared the hell out of me. It sounded like a train going through a tunnel.
My mother used put twisted newspaper up into the chimney and it would catch fire and burn the soot and then go out into the garden to see the flame shooting up thru the chimney. She never called out a chimney sweep.
The danger is that the chimney fire usually ejects stuff that is burning. Lands on the roof, poof.
@@arkeo5467 we had a slate roof.,no poof.
My father extinguished a chimney fire in the early 1970s by shooting his shotgun up the chimney. That is the advantage of having an open fire place. Then he went to the pub for a drink.
You're full of shit if you expect someone to believe that. If it would work how could he get a gun threw the flames to fire it off?
My father did that.
2 pigeons came tumbling down onto the hearth.
@@robertkustos2931 so you didn't go hungry that evening.
Simple to put a chimney fire out, add 2 cups of water on the fire slowly not to put the fire in hearth out as you need that to create the steam to put fire out. The steam rises and puts the fire out in the chimney. The secret is don't add to much water. Wait few minutes minutes then add another cup of water slowly to make steam. This is the method fire brigade used attending my chimney fire. Allways keep small bucket of water and cup close to fire place for this reason is my insurance. It works purfectly this method was known by most people years ago when every home had a open fire.
This method worked for me about 30 years ago. I heard what sounded like sand raining down inside the long stovepipe and a couple of backpressure puffs of smoke came into the house. Half a cup of water on the hot coals, as to not damage the hot woodstove and closed the side door. Steam shot up the 24 ft stack and the fire was out 🙏. Scary few seconds for sure.
Our son had a chimney fire and the daughter-in- law called the fire dept. It was very scary for them. The fire dept told them the best way to put out a chimney fire is to through wet newspapers into the stove and the steam from the newspapers will put out the fire. They didn’t have anything to good to say about that gadget the two guys used 🤔
Spray bottle with hand pump is excellent way. Or a pressurised sprayer water only.
When we had a chimney fire in the 60's the firemen advised we kept a large washing up liquid bottle full of water near the fireplace (was open fire) and just squirt water up the chimney to put a chimney fire out.
Why does it take 22 seconds to put it out but the video is 10 minutes???
Had a chimney fire. I took a bucket of water and used that to put out fire. water turned to steam which put out fire in chimney.
I found this video while looking for a way to make an anchor for my chimney that I'm redoing. It's an odd size so I can't find one manufactured. You didn't help with that problem but you did educate me quite a bit on what to do if the fire is out of control in my fireplace. Thank you so much for that.
Why not just use a dry chemical extinguisher??? The draft of the fireplace will pull the dry chemical agent up the chimney and " extinguish the flames! If you have a carbon dioxide extinguisher it will work as well & just extinguish the fire in the fireplace with a bucket of water cause a steam effect & put the chimney fire out; all of these methods will work,ìf the fire is contained within the chimney! However, if the house is on fire,get everybody out if it is safe to do so & call 911 the fire department and give them your address immediately! Be brief & tell the emergency operator what kind of fire you have- for example; when the operator ask for your information; don't panic! Say something like this..." I have a structure fire @ number 2 main street anything u.s.a. there are 3 people or no people inside & we think the fire is in the wood stove chimney ,we have gas & electric utilities as well." ( I am a retired fire Captain, so this information is from 23 years of hands on experience !
Here's the problem... if you put out the fire you have only solved the result and not the cause. Especially those who heat only with wood might not understand, though they should, that there will be another fire if they continue to use the chimney. This is a situation where prevention is paramount. Creosote forms when green (unseasoned) wood is burned and also when a slow fire is kept as in banking the fire for the night. Unless you have a poorly constructed chimney setup the best way to avoid buildup is to burn a hot or roaring fire whenever you kindle your stove or fireplace. This will burn off the excess creosote and prevent a larger chimney fire from starting. Usually fireplaces will burn hot enough that creosote will not form anyway due to poor draft control. It is these airtight stoves that are generally the most problematic due to incomplete combustion from lack of oxygen when closed up. This might be a good product for someone who neglects their chimney but I think it is far better to clean the entire chimney and pipes yearly and to burn hot fires regularly to keep buildup to a minimum for a safe wood heating solution. This method has worked for me these past sixty years that I've been heating with wood. Blessings
I agree. We have a newer install. The installer recommended have a small hot fire in the morning. So it is, wife gets the morning fire going on last nights coals. Runs a a cycle were it burns hot, house warm, rake the coals through the day, load it up, runs a cycle where it burns front to back, repeat. Remove ash/coals as required [garden use]. We have 2 45 degree elbows where upon cleaning found the most creosote build up. Installer stated the chimney is rated for a chimney fire. He stated one could toss a water soaked paper towel roll into the stove to extinguish. Not my words. Our wood is 2 years dry now. Expecting better chimney clean out next year. Friends dad had his chimney 80% blocked and back draft from unseasoned wood last year. Pulled over years ago upon seeing a chimney fire on an old farm house. Yelled into the house "FIRE" Looking for people eventually an old fella come up a forest trail. Fire Department was now onsite and he happened to be poaching and had 7 deer in the barn.
Karma. Clean it each year. Peace of mind.
Not always the case with soot. I did not know about hedge and burned it so the fire got so hot the it cause a chimney fire. Got it put out and now know what hedge is so other then small pieces to start I do not use hedge. The same thing can happen by overloading wood in your fireplace or wood stove.
Had a chimney fire 30 years ago. Had it out before the fire Dept arrived by shooting water down from the top via a hose- which destroyed the inside pipe and resulted in having a new chimney built.
Fire Depth said: WRONG. They said to shoot the water into the cleanout of the chimney which would via steam rising would’ve put out the fire AND have saved the chimney. OK - next time
"...water into the cleanout of the chimney..." Would you re-word that for me? I don't follow exactly what youre saying.
@tattooedmilionare, I believe they have a small door, on the side, that can be opened to clean out ashes after a normal burn.
oh yeah. (1 of my chimneys has it the other does not. I always wondered what it was for - lol. Thank you :-)@@tiredofit1429
Wet newspapers will work
Save your potato peelings, let them dry out and just throw a good size handful in the fire once a week and you won't have creasote build up. Old hillbilly remedy from out in the stix with no fire dept. nearby.
I was walking around my older townhouse community about fifteen years ago and saw sparks coming out of the chimney of an end unit. The wind was blowing in just the right direction that the sparks were falling all along the roofline. I rang their bell and by the time they came out to see it, there were flames popping up out of the chimney and the sparks were starting to make some of the shingles smolder and smoke a bit. Luckily our townhouses were built in 1969 and these were solid ceramic core brick chimneys with concrete tops and steel caps, and our roofs had asbestos shingles.
I had bought a 25 year old house where the previous ower said the chimney was cleaned about a year before and i should think about getting it clean
The house i had been living at for 5 years and never cleaned the chimney which was the first house i had with a fire place
My first fire in the new to me house i went outside to see if sparks were going into a near by tree and couldn’t believe what i seen the chimney looked like a butane cigarette lighter huge blue flame lucky for me i had a fire extinguisher near by let it go into the fire box then pointed up the chimney and finished it off
Climbed onto the room and could not see down the chimney due to so much creosol from the previous owners burning chip board and other crappy fire wood
We were lucky the house didnt burn down
So is it just a road flare marked way up? What’s the difference?
I had one in a fireplace what I did was I found some sheet metal I had perfect to cover the fireplace opening cut the oxygen put it out. I put some 8x8 concrete blocks to hold it it was hot and we called the fire department by the time they got up there looked at it was out. I had a guy come out clean it he said the fire burned most of it away. My fireplace has a very thick liner in it so he said likely would not have burned my house down unless something fell on the roof. Now I have it cleaned once a year well worth $220.
Same.... rather spend the 200 bucks and get it cleaned one a year
You could clean it yourself with a 60 dollar kit from the hardware store. Nevertheless paying 220 is better than being dead I guess.
Had a chimney fire a few years ago, when my wood burning stove was roaring and set fire to the flue. Outside it looked like a volcano erupting with lots of smoke & flames. Managed to put it out by 1. dousing the fire in the stove using a garden sprayer & bottle of water, then 2. rammed a wet dust sheet into the throat of the stove, to cut off the air supply. It worked a treat but was pretty scary. After it all cooled down, I swept the chimney before relighting the stove.
I used the same technique, much to the surprise of the firemen. They couldn't believe I'd had a chimney fire until they saw my son's video. Break the fire triangle for success.
When I used to be a firefighter, we would use our water extinguishers to do that. Spray the coals, which steamed upwards up the chimney, and usually would put the fire out. The one warning I got(though I never saw it happen), was to be sparing with the water. The quick change in temperature could end up cracking the liner
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We have an outside the house chimney. Those chimneys have a tendency to creosote faster do to begin outside and cooler. We clean our chimney every two weeks marked on the calendar. Been burning wood for 50 years with good luck. We do keep two firesticks on hand.
Well said, not every two years !
One of my buddies came home for lunch one day and the pot bellied stove, which had been stoked by his wife a few minutes before, began to make strange pulsing noise. He quickly identified it as a flu fire and threw a half gallon on CoolAid into the stove. The resulting explosion blew steam and fly ash all over his den and kitchen. It put the flu fire out but the clean up took an entire day.
That explosion was that huge "Hey, Cool Aid!" guy trying to burst through. Haven't seen him for a while, hope that incident didn't kill him 😢
I would think a box of baking soda blown into the chimney by a shop vacuum would work also.
Guy used a 12Ga to put out a chimney fire? Legendary!!
You can't "close the door" if you have an open brick fireplace. At best all you have is a screen.
Exactly! That's where I think a fire extinguisher used to first put the fire itself out then point it up the chimney to smother the chimney fire! Have read other comments where it's been done successfully as well!
Love the 12 gauge method did you use slug or bird shot 😂. Great video
Oh. Iam thinking it was chimney shot. !!! Ha. Ha.
Sweep your chimney twice a year and you won’t have a chimney fire.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I haven't seen that product around here but I just ordered it through your link. Thanks Chad!!
You are welcome. It seems to be worth having.
Just have the chimney swept annually and avoid the chimney fire all together.
That is the best option. But it is always good to have a backup.
If you heat your house totally with wood, you should clean your chimney 2 or 3 times each winter and that''s if you are well experienced with what wood to burn and familiar with your stove. if you are new at this, do it more often until you know how often it needs it.
Thank you for the info and I loved the story! 😁
Modern stoves and furnaces are more efficient and send cooler smoke up the chimney which allows the build up of creosote. Long chimneys typically draft better to expel the particulates. Insulated double-lined stainless flue seems to be a great option on an exterior chimney. But the old standard is the clay flue brick chimney. The smoke heats up the mass of the chimney and provides heat long after the fire dies. I have an old house with an inefficient wood stove and a 30 foot long clay flue chimney. The chimney running through every story of the house stays warm and provides constant heat. I run an 8" square brush to clean it once year and get less than a gallon of soot-never creosote-just messy soot. Just clean your chimney once in a while and you are doing better than most and shouldn't have an issue. Oh yeah, I only burn hard wood and I wouldn't necessarily call it seasoned.
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If you have to use this device. Still call the fire department 🚒You want to be sure the fire is actually out and doesn’t build back up! They will come out and use thermal imaging cameras to make sure she’s out! 🔥🚒🚒
Why don't you just tell people to get a pot of water and throw it on the fire? This instantly creats steam and it puts the fire out, and yes i know from experience.
I heard that throwing a box of baking soda (Arm & Hammer) into a firebox generating a chimney fire will stop the flames dead in their tracks due to the concentrated release of CO2 present in the baking soda that is released when it contacts the flames. So I always keep a box or two next to all my wood burning stoves just in case....
Video was too long… house burned down lol
Why arent chimneys just made fireproof
They are in away. It's the build up of creosote that blocks flues and causes fires within the chimney. That's why if you come across old houses that have burnt to the ground the structure will be gone, but the chimney is still standing.
Is it possible that the fire could be extinguished in say 19.6 seconds? How about 17 seconds? Has there ever been one that took 25.7 seconds?🤔🤔🤔
NO! 😡🔥 You clearly didn't take notes! Shame! Shame! Shame on you! 22 seconds only. ...... 😂😂🤣😂 Just kidding...
You must ether be an idiot or really board to post a comment like that. What difference does it make if it took 1 second or 30 as long as the fire went out. I see that your in good company as some of your fellow idiots agreed with you.
why do you need to strike it? aren't you going to be throwing it into a fire?
Great question. It might take longer for it to light that way. You want to put out the chimney fire as quick as possible.
I just used one....worked great....yes I did not strike it...just threw it in and it lit instantly and worked great....I am so thankful!!!!
This is brilliant - our stove installer and chimney sweep guy for 4 years never told us about this. Many thanks from the UK!
That's because UK building regu;ations make us have better designed flues & only a state registered HEATAS engineer can work on a flue or solid fuel appliance. That Chimnex may be OK, I've not used one. As a retired UK firefighter, I've been to plenty of chimney fires over the years, but no one ever shot at the roof, even in a blizzard.
This video should be 23 seconds, lol lol
obviously we need to see it working
Had a chimney fire. Very scary. Threw water on the fire and all the smoke evidently snuffed out the fire in the chimney. Worked immediately. Fire department came and checked everything. Fast forward, use gas fireplace now.
Wussy. Just kidding ;)
Or you could've just found a professional chimney sweep, cheaper than paying for gas.
There should be a smoke damper in the chimney. Just close the smoke damper and voila, chimney fire eats the oxygen from the chimney and the chimney the fire goes out. Smoke damper also prevents the cold air creeping in when it is cold outside. I live in Finland and I guarantee, every chimney here has a smoke damper.
Great advice but if you close the damper on a live fireplace , your house will rapidly fill with smoke no? Smoke is what does the damage and costs thousands to clean up and remove.
@@jspee1965 No need to TOTALLY close the damper. By closing it enough to stop extra air to pass the fireplace stops the chimney fire from getting oxygen and it extinguishes.
Soaking wet towel, the steam made puts it out!
Wood stove size can have something to do with it also. If your stove is too big for your room/house, you will tend to burn it "colder" to avoid having it too hot in your room/house. This will increase creosote buildup in your chimney. Better to get a smaller stove and burn it hot than have a stove that is too big and burn it cold.
Not me, I have a huge old Kodiak that holds a lot of wood, I fill it up and it burns for a long time. I have a chimney brush that I use every month or two. That fire putter outer is a must have. I think 99% of people, including myself, have had chimney 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Untrue
You are absolutely correct, well said. The comment by speadfreak claims to know better, but he & 99% people he knows have chimney fires !
Imagine your chimney is on fire, and you look up on RUclips how to put it out, and have to listen to these two knuckleheads talk about this man's decades-old story in Michigan before telling you what to do
Or, you could use that thing called common sense and research and prepare to handle it ahead of time. But that's ok, you do it your way so as to continue to provide entertainment in your failures for the rest of us that have common sense :)
@@Christy.1 You idiot, that's why I'm here. To learn about what to do in case you have a chimney fire. I've never had a chimney fire, so this was was research. The only entertainment anyone here is getting is from you failing to get a read on the situation.
Also, I want to point out: your comment suggests that I wasn't here to prepare in advance in the event of a chimney fire. If that is the case, the only other reason I'd be here, is if there was an active chimney fire I am looking to put out. How stupid do you have to be to think I would take the time away from putting that fire out, to comment on this video? Your argument is self defeating.
A water soaked roll of paper towels in the fire place will work every time.
Waste of time.
Didn’t even know how to upset properly, no demo in action
I woulda done a better job
So where is YOUR video????
Took over 6min to get to the item they were selling!
When I was a kid(8yrs)we rented a cottage in the summer, 2nd day there the night got cold so we lit the airtight(sort of)in the cottage. About an hour later we heard that scary train/tornado sound coming from the woodstove. Luckily I was tasked with watering the owners flower and vegetable gardens while we were there and he had a really decent jet pump set up on his cottage. So I just walked outside turned the hose on and adjusted the spray nozzle for fully tight strongest stream and it easily reached the top of the A frame peak where the chimney cap was and with hitting the side of the piping and a little bit down the pipe(not too much)I had extinguished the chimney fire before even anybody else came outside to see what they could do to stop it, they had closed the damper and dialed the stove airscrews down tight and everything was done. I was the local hero for the week and the owner was really nice to me for the rest of his life. He was a helluva a good guy and I really enjoyed talking with him everytime I would see him as I grew. He was very thankful that I was there at the time and even at such a young age, that I had a grasp of knowledge enough to take care of his cottage. It was scary though if that hose had not been there and his pump not strong enough, the cottage would fer sure have burned to the ground, all he had was older tin type piping up through the whole place and one 2ft section of insulated to run through the roofing joist. The flames and sparks coming out of the cap area of the piping were at least 10ft and bright in colour so it was damn hot and only had tar shingles all around the stack. I was just happy to help.
Love the insight on the non 12 gauge method but I think you’re sitting on a gold mine of how to household repair with a 12 gauge videos.
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I have used these before and they do really work. A-1
Throw a quart of water into fire close door, water expansion quinches fire
Just wondering if you shut the damper and close the furnace or stove door, would that not starve the fire in the chimney?
I would shut the damper and close the door.
That's how I put mine out, sounded like a freight train
GET ON WITH IT !!!!!
I have used these many times over the years. I swear by them. Rural king sells them around 15 dollars.
That is a better deal. Glad it has worked well for you.
Another way to put out the fire fast, at least in the fireplace, is to use wood ash or salt. I have half a bucket of wood ash just for this. No chimney fire yet though. Knock on wood. Cheers
Amazing. Why didn’t we hear about this before?
Ugh! Go ahead and make a TEN MINUTE VIDEO on how to put out a fire in "22 SECONDS"!!! really people?! Really!?🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
❤ DON'T TAKE CHANCES! My great-aunt and her family were killed when a chimney fire exploded before they could get out of the house! Get your chimney cleaned regularly, or just don't use it! Also, Chimfex only works if you have a fireplace door that will keep the oxygen out.
One more reason not to give up a gun.
What if you don’t have doors and just an open fire wood burner ?
I dont have a cap on my stove pipe Had problems with it freezing up in winter time I burn coal and stove pipe is 20 ft tall
Thank you so much for showing an actual fireplace chimney on the roof. Mine is burnt looking like the one you showed, so I guess it's normal. I couldn't sleep many days worried, but we need heat at night. I'm much more comfortable now. Thank you so so much! ❤😊
How could you possibly not show the Chimney Fire Extinguisher in action? That was soo lame. I want to se what it looks like when activated... And by the way, if you have a wood burning stove, please make shure your chimney is cleaned at least every other year. That is unless you have a clean burning fireplace (with an enclosed fire chamber and afterburner air injection nozzles inside). If so, I guess a 5 year cleaning/inspection is enough.
Why does it take you 621 seconds to tell us how to out out a chimney fire in 22 seconds?
Starve it of H2O is the answer.......took me about 7 seconds.
You clearly know here to help, you just want views.
drop 2 Kg of coarse salt in the fire... stops the chimney fire in a minute... cheap, easy, "ecologic" :D and works.
can be stored at fireplace proximity for decades...
We used dry chemical bombs at fire department. We made them by putting dry chemical in ziploc bags and would drop it down the chimney.
I just keep a gallon of spray water around the fireplace. Cause you never know when its going to happen. But by having water by the fireplace, can put it out fast if you need to or to help kill down the fire if it gets to hot. I also keep a drain water hose near the chimney. I just connect the hose to it
Or....you could learn to not mess upp your chimney by only using dry wood and also make sure the fireplace gets enough oxygen. Preferably also stop using open fireplaces since they are stupid and ineffective and easily builds up tar in the chimney. Speak to your chimney sweeper about how to keep a fire the right and safe way. If your chimney sweeper doesnt know about the proper way to maintain a fire, please get another chimney sweeper.
Dont throw aluminium cans into the to fire, aluminium oxide is poisonous to nature. Throw in some zink or dried potato peels instead to oxidize a tar buildup without burning it.
22 seconds to put out the fire.
Feels like 22 hrs to explain how.
You two are a joke. Burn your fire hot and never have a chimney cap with a screen. I have been burning wood for forty years. Burn hot cleans the pipe, then damper it down. Second, never build a chimney with a crap clay liner. If you have a clay liner, put in a stainless liner. And never ever burn wet wood.
10 minutes and 21 seconds to tell you how to do something in 20 seconds. Way to go milk man. Now let me save you the 25 bucks you're wasting on that junk. Grab a bath towel, soak it in water real quick and throw it into your fire. Chimney fire will go out in no time at all.
My chimney fire sounded like a jet engine
Dont watch the video if you want to see the thing actually used because it is not used in this video!
A “blinding blizzard” and he shoots off a chimney cap with a 12 gauge. OK.
When you say, "within 22 seconds," you are saying, "22 seconds or less."
Those two statements have the exact same meaning.
It takes 10 minutes and 21 seconds to tell how to put a chimney fire out in 22 seconds. Just here long enough to comment and give you a thumbs down👎
Oh yay, a Chimfex infomercial!. What a waste of time, just to hear the guy say to buy Chimfex! lol!
Wow thanks so much. I just had a weird situation happen with my wood stove. It was like a propane stove leaking gas and then it was literally. A whoosh. I could have lost my eye brows. I shut the flute to limit oxygen. Tomorrow I will sweep the chimney myself and order one of those gadgets you demonstrated in your video. This house I am in is a rebuild from the exact situation.
7:03 you’re welcome.
Sounds like a freight train. Scary. we had one in 1977 in upper Michigan.
5:38. That's the method.
Heard a story once about a 12 gauge used to sweep the chimney by firing it up the pipe… so happened to be there was a little concrete inspection door wallpapered over just beside the bed in the master bedroom. It blew out and guaranteed a dark night’s sleep. 😂
You have to show it working, so a fireplace with no doors? Hmm, how do I cut off the oxygen from the family room?
Air tight stove, shut off the air, no more chimney fire.
99% of chimney fires put themselfs out. They happen all the time around the world, while you sleep.
Clean yer chimney at least twice a season! Not “once in awhile!”
Half gallon pail of water applied to the firebox will put that fire out!
What if you had a steel pipe, more than a quarter inch, just let it burn, it's attached at the actual 200,000 btu steel wood stove
I had a chimney fire. I closed all the dampers, etc but there must still have been enough air leakage so it kept on burning. I ran to the top of my house, up the short ladder that was always against the chimney, put on the gloves, lifted the conical top off. Flames were down below, not up there where I was. I flipped the top over and set in on top of the chimney. This sealed it well and stopped almost all the airflow, and the chimney fire went out.
Wow, sounds like quite the experience. Glad it worked out.
So you said you flipped the top over and set on top of the chimney"? Wow. Didn't that burn your asss or were you able to just hover over the chimney top until the fire went out? Amazing story.
Could you not dump water in your stove and suffocate the fire with steam?
And crack or shatter your stove?
I bought my house with a brand new free standing fireplace in the basement still haven't used it 😂
ONE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DONT HAVE DOORS ON YOUR FP
Cheapskate, show the product working LOL
Jesus. No one will know how to use the stick. Too much time will have gone by since the purchase of it.
A fireman told me that they carried a bucket of wet newspapers and they will throw that in the fire and it will steam out the chimney fire and extinguished it