However, speaking as a person who lived with a wood-burning stove for nearly 20 years, I have to say that anyone who "suffers" a chimney fire is a fucking idiot who deserves to lose their house, possibly earning a Darwin Award in the process.
Hello? Stupid?! It's called "Hire a chimney sweep!" or get up there and do it yourself. And I don't mean one of those bloody "Chim-chim-in-ee" boggarts either!
The other reason for chimney fires are idiots who try to squeeze every BTU out of their fuel by closing up the flue and the draft to choke the fire as much as possible without it going out.
After waking up at 3AM to the glorious stench of creosote oozing from the seams of the chimney, you learn to let it burn a wee bit hotter before going to bed.
So yes, to me it's funny, but only from a Schadenfreud point of view. They're selling a product to combat a problem that exists because of laziness or stupidity.
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Date: 2006-09-29 05:04 pm (UTC)LOL
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Date: 2006-09-30 06:31 am (UTC)However, speaking as a person who lived with a wood-burning stove for nearly 20 years, I have to say that anyone who "suffers" a chimney fire is a fucking idiot who deserves to lose their house, possibly earning a Darwin Award in the process.
Hello? Stupid?! It's called "Hire a chimney sweep!" or get up there and do it yourself. And I don't mean one of those bloody "Chim-chim-in-ee" boggarts either!
The other reason for chimney fires are idiots who try to squeeze every BTU out of their fuel by closing up the flue and the draft to choke the fire as much as possible without it going out.
After waking up at 3AM to the glorious stench of creosote oozing from the seams of the chimney, you learn to let it burn a wee bit hotter before going to bed.
So yes, to me it's funny, but only from a Schadenfreud point of view. They're selling a product to combat a problem that exists because of laziness or stupidity.