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  2. Flue - Wikipedia

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    A seven-flue chimney in a four-storey Georgian house in London, showing alternative methods of sweeping. A flue is a duct, pipe, or opening in a chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water heater, boiler, or generator to the outdoors. Historically the term flue meant the chimney itself. [1]

  3. Chimney - Wikipedia

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    A flue liner is a secondary barrier in a chimney that protects the masonry from the acidic products of combustion, helps prevent flue gas from entering the house, and reduces the size of an oversized flue. Since the 1950s, building codes in many locations require newly built chimneys to have a flue liner.

  4. Chimney fire - Wikipedia

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    Regular chimney sweeping removes creosote and prevents fires in the chimney. Steps to prevent this buildup of deposits include only running appliances hot during the initial ignition phase regularly, only building short and hotter fires, regular cleaning of flues using a chimney sweep, and only using internal chimney structures where possible versus a chimney attached to an external wall.

  5. Stack effect - Wikipedia

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    The stack effect or chimney effect is the movement of air into and out of buildings through unsealed openings, chimneys, flue-gas stacks, or other purposefully designed openings or containers, resulting from air buoyancy. Buoyancy occurs due to a difference in indoor-to-outdoor air density resulting from temperature and moisture differences ...

  6. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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    Chimney breast—The part of the chimney which projects into a room to accommodate a fireplace. [21] Crane—Metal arms mounted on pintles, which swing and hold pots above a fire. Damper—A metal door to close a flue when a fireplace is not in use. Flue—The passageway in the chimney. [21] Hearth—The floor of a fireplace.

  7. Chimney sweep captures moment ‘rambunctious’ seagull falls ...

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    Neil Jarrett, from Gosport, ‘battled’ with a sizeable seagull after it became stuck in an unused chimney flue. Chimney sweep captures moment ‘rambunctious’ seagull falls from an old flue ...

  8. Chimney soot causes fire in timber home - AOL

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    A blaze which significantly damaged a timber-framed home was caused by soot and debris in a chimney, firefighters said. Crews were called to the property in Dunmow Road, Thaxted at 17:20 GMT on ...

  9. Chimney breast - Wikipedia

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    A brick chimney breast. A chimney breast is a portion of a chimney which projects forward from a wall to accommodate a fireplace. [1] Typically on the ground floor of a structure, the masonry extends upwards, containing a flue which carries smoke out of the building through a chimney stack. [2]