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2. Chimney sweep - Wikipedia

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   A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of ...

3. National Chimney Sweep Guild - Wikipedia

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   The NCSG is governed by an elected board of directors made up of representatives from eight geographic regions within North America, one supplier representative and four at-large directors. In 1986, NCSG published the first edition of Successful Chimney Sweeping, the first manual to set a standard for chimney service practices ever written.

4. Chimney fire - Wikipedia

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   Regular chimney sweeping removes creosote and prevents fires in the chimney. Steps to prevent this buildup of deposits include only running appliances hot during the initial ignition phase regularly, only building short and hotter fires, regular cleaning of flues using a chimney sweep, and only using internal chimney structures where possible versus a chimney attached to an external wall.

5. Chimney - Wikipedia

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   A chimney cowl or wind directional cap is a helmet-shaped chimney cap that rotates to align with the wind and prevent a downdraft of smoke and wind down the chimney. An H-style cap is a chimney top constructed from chimney pipes shaped like the letter H. It is an age-old method of regulating draft in situations where prevailing winds or ...

6. Chimney sweeps' carcinoma - Wikipedia

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   Chimney sweeping was a common practice across Europe and North America. [10] The disease was mostly found in the United Kingdom, where climbing boys were used. The most likely reason for the high prevalence of the disease in the UK was that chimney chutes were narrower. [ 10 ]

7. Joseph Glass (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   By the 1820s he had a chimney-sweeping business. [1] [2] During this period there was a movement to prevent boys being employed in cleaning chimneys. The Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys (SSNCB) was founded in 1803 under the patronage of the Duchess of Gloucester.