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In Reply to: What are the odds? posted by 37Chief on December 26, 2013 at 19:00:24:
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It depends on how much creosote has built up. If you burn it out everyday pretty much nothing happens. If it gets to say an inch thick, the highly combustible creosote starts to burn. as it burns it expands to three time it's original thickness, and mostly blocks the flue. The air rushing through is what gives it the freight train sound that everyone describes. The strong draft makes it hotter which can cause the metal to buckle or mortar to crumble and tiles to crack. Then the fire can get out into the surrounding structure. Not usually but it happens. I watched the creosote expand and burn through a mirror once as the fire chief and I burned out the chimney of a shed for an old timer in town.
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