Sweep a chimney - PEP BB homesteading.sand.big.chimneysweep

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Homesteading. (Note that this BB is part of a three-part choose your own adventure list BB called Big List. You must complete three Badge Bits in the Big List.)

If you have a traditional wood stove or fireplace, it is often recommended to sweep out the chimney annually.  The complexity of the job is highly dependent upon your particular stove installation and roof access.  Let's clean out our chimney!

Here's a video of sweeping from the roof:


Here's a sweep working from below the chimney:


To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - clean a chimney for a wood stove or wood burning fireplace
     - including any horizontal runs to the stove

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide photographic or video (less than 2 min) evidence of:
  - tools you used to clean the chimney
  - cleaning in progress
  - the collected ash/soot/cresote
  - a description of how you cleaned your chimney, what you had to uninstall and any hurdles you overcame