Just found out in a safety report that a blocked flue can fill a room with carbon monoxide in under 5 minutes.

I was reading a fire department handout from the local library and it said a partial blockage from a bird's nest can cause dangerous gas to build up way faster than I thought. That really shook me, because I always tell clients it's a slow risk. How do you guys explain the real urgency of a sweep without scaring people too much?

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linda_reed7d ago

Compare it to a blocked chimney in your car, you know? I tell folks their fireplace flue is the exhaust pipe for their house. If you wouldn't drive with a rag stuffed in your tailpipe, why risk it at home where you're sleeping?

emma967d ago

Saw a news story last year about a family getting sick from that.

rodriguez.mia7d ago

Wait, did @emma96 say that family got sick just last year? That's so scary.