{"id":3415,"date":"2012-09-05T07:58:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T11:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2013-03-24T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T20:32:58","slug":"prepping-for-the-fall-chimneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2012\/09\/prepping-for-the-fall-chimneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping for the fall &#8211; chimneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the chores associated with a wood stove is the annual (2012) sweeping of the chimney.  It&#8217;s not a bad job but it does leave you coated in a black film of soot.<br \/>\nIt takes more time to find the sweep then it does to do the actual job.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><figure id=\"attachment_3416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3416\" style=\"width: 119px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-03-119x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-03\" width=\"119\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-03-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-03-238x299.jpg 238w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-03.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tools of the trade<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<td><figure id=\"attachment_3417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3417\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-04\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04-1023x767.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-04.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first batch of soot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<td><figure id=\"attachment_3418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3418\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-05\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05-1023x767.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-05.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The top end with the cap and the anti-bird netting<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><figure id=\"attachment_3419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3419\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-09\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09-1023x767.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-09.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down the chimney<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<td><figure id=\"attachment_3420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3420\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-06\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06-1023x767.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-06.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The underside of the top cap<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<\/table>\n<p>In the end we had a few inches of soot.<figure id=\"attachment_3422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3422\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-48.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-48-150x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20120901-48\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-48-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-48-299x289.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120901-48.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The end results<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the chores associated with a wood stove is the annual (2012) sweeping of the chimney. It&#8217;s not a bad job but it does leave you coated in a black film of soot. It takes more time to find the sweep then it does to do the actual job. In the end we had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}