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The quietest chimney in Portland went from a horror movie to a whisper in one afternoon
Got called out to a house in the West Hills last Tuesday for a 'scary draft noise' that had been getting worse for about two weeks. The homeowner said it sounded like a ghost was trying to get in. When I got my camera up there, it was just a massive, perfectly intact bird's nest completely blocking the flue, maybe 18 inches deep. No birds, just a ton of twigs and fluff. Cleared it all out, did a full sweep, and relit the pilot. The owner texted me that night saying the noise was totally gone and the fire started right up. Has anyone else found a nest that big without any sign of the actual birds?
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grace_stone19d ago
Found a nest that size once, but it was full of old eggshells. The birds must have raised a whole family and moved on. Always surprises me how much material they can pack in there.
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