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The creosote glaze on that 1920s Tudor in Shawnee made my brush bounce right off
I did a job last Tuesday on a 1920s Tudor over in Shawnee and the flue was so bad I could not believe it. The homeowner said the last sweep came out 3 years ago, and I believe it, because the creosote had turned into this hard shiny glaze about a quarter inch thick. I ran my standard poly brush down the 8 by 8 clay liner and it just skated on top of the stuff, like brushing a waxed floor. I had to switch to a steel rotary on my drill, then finish with a chemical glaze remover and a scraper, and it took me 4 hours instead of my normal 90 minutes. The guy also had a wood stove insert jammed in there with a 6 inch pipe going into the old flue, so there were gaps and I had to check every seam for leaks. What got me was he burns green wood from his own land and thinks the chimney is fine because smoke goes up. I told him to get a moisture meter and season that wood a full year. How do you all handle glaze when a customer swears they burn dry wood?
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