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This video covers the three main steps to take when inspecting your chimney for damage.
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Visual Inspection
The first thing that you want to check for here is the structural integrity of the chimney
itself. And that’s something that you can check for yourself just by a quick visual
inspection.
Fire Worthiness
The next most important point is to make sure that the chimney itself is actually fire
worthy. You can see what’s up above the roofline, but the part that’s from the
roofline - down you’re at the disadvantage of not being able to visually inspect that
- so you’re going to probably need to get somebody out with a chimney inspection
camera to run down the chimney.
Dangerous Fumes
The third is to find out if any fumes are coming back into the house from your gas hot
water heater, your gas furnace, your oil furnace, or even a wood stove. The oil and wood
stove fumes are the most easily detectable because you can smell them right away, but your
gas fumes are going to be the ones that are the most insidious and for that reason you
want to have your heating company or competent chimney person come out and check to make
sure that you have proper draft and that all the fumes are venting out of the house.
Special thanks to:
Larry Morrison, Master Masonry Contractor
Produced by Jeff Markham & Ryan Ike, FEMA Region 10
Inspecting Your Chimney
Produced by FEMA Region 10 - 2002
Jeff Markham - Editing
Larry Morrison - Master Masonry Contractor
This page has been accessed  times since April 12, 2002.
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