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Have you ever had a professional chimney sweep clean out your fireplace, and if so, was it a dusty mess or was the dust contained?

Asked by jca2 (16736points) May 22nd, 2022

I’ve lived in my house for about 20 years, and have never used the fireplace (mostly because I’m afraid of fire). I just painted the living room and had some furniture reupholstered, and this led me to look at the big elephant in the room, the fireplace. I noticed the surround was rusty, and so I bought rust remover and will put it on but am also going to have a chimney sweep come clean out the fireplace and talk to me about any issues going on with it. I want to be able to possibly use it in the future if I so desire, or am also considering having an electric fireplace installed in the space. Before I can do any of that, I figure first thing is to get the pro here and look at it and clean it out.

Have you ever had a fireplace swept out and if so, did it make a dusty mess? They told me on the phone that they use high powered vacuums and it won’t make a mess, but I don’t know if they’re just trying to be euphemistic about it, to get the business.

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