Hi. Although far from being a stranger to DIYnot, I've never posted in this forum before, and I'm not even sure it's the right place - but I can't see a better one!
One of my chimneys is pretty tall - just over 13m from hearth to chimney pot (takes 15 x 36" rods to get up brush out the top). We generally only use it (open fire burning logs) around Christmas time, and the crows use it for the rest of the year for nesting purposes! I've therefore just had my annual fight to 'sweep' it - and, as usual, ended up (after a lot of sweat and swearing) with nearly 3 dustbin bags full of twigs etc.!
I have a couple of other chimneys almost as high, but they are fairly easily accessible from roofs. We therefore have mesh cowls (is that the right term?) on them, and whizz up and remove them if/when the chimneys need sweeping. However, the really tall one is a different kettle of fish:
... getting up there to fit (or remove) a mesh thingy would not be a trivial exercise (certainly not a case of 'whizzing up'. like for the otehr chimneys!). I was therefore wondering whether there was any clever sort of mesh cowl that could be pushed up the chimney 'internally' into position with rods (and then 'pushed' out with rods when required) - or, since I have not got much hope/confidence that would be possible, whether anyone has any other clever ideas/advice (other than achieving 'proper access' to the top of that chimney!).
Kind Regards, John
One of my chimneys is pretty tall - just over 13m from hearth to chimney pot (takes 15 x 36" rods to get up brush out the top). We generally only use it (open fire burning logs) around Christmas time, and the crows use it for the rest of the year for nesting purposes! I've therefore just had my annual fight to 'sweep' it - and, as usual, ended up (after a lot of sweat and swearing) with nearly 3 dustbin bags full of twigs etc.!
I have a couple of other chimneys almost as high, but they are fairly easily accessible from roofs. We therefore have mesh cowls (is that the right term?) on them, and whizz up and remove them if/when the chimneys need sweeping. However, the really tall one is a different kettle of fish:
... getting up there to fit (or remove) a mesh thingy would not be a trivial exercise (certainly not a case of 'whizzing up'. like for the otehr chimneys!). I was therefore wondering whether there was any clever sort of mesh cowl that could be pushed up the chimney 'internally' into position with rods (and then 'pushed' out with rods when required) - or, since I have not got much hope/confidence that would be possible, whether anyone has any other clever ideas/advice (other than achieving 'proper access' to the top of that chimney!).
Kind Regards, John