I saw you on Andrew’s channel and I thought you were a really cool friend and person 🎉 so I’m following you now. Can’t wait to see your future content!
Great video! As a former chimney sweep of about 6 years, please allow me to offer some constructive criticism. To save some time and effort, you could have left the pipe attached until after as you risk tearing or knocking the bag off if the rods go down to far. Plus the rods may even go past the bend to the top of the stove. Then remove the pipe and continue to vacuum. It's good you have a cap (spark arrestor) to keep out rain, however it offers little to no protection against birds, bats or even squirrels from getting down. There are better caps on the market with a screen. Code is 3 screws in the connections, you may have 3 but the video kind of only shows 2. FYI: you may also think about cleaning out your dryer vents at the same time just to keep that on a schedule too. There are more than 10,000 dryer vent fires yearly. I meant no offense by saying these things as you did do a good job, just trying to help. Have a nice burning season. Oh also, if you happen to scratch the slate hearth, a little wd-40 rubbed in may hide them.
I can hear the brush getting to the end of the chimney so I’ve had good luck not ripping the bag. There are also three screws in all the connections, I didn’t know there was a code for that. Thanks for the knowledge!
Your comment was good, if anyone takes offense from an obviously helpful comment , then they are just looking to be offended. When people leave polite suggestions, like you did, most people appreciate them. Its the asshats with their all knowing attitudes that usually get the negative comments.
You are inspiring so many young women I don’t think you realize it. Please don’t stop what you’re doing, you’re amazing. And keep cranking out the videos.👍🏼
And to think I pay a guy $100 every year to clean my chimney with full liner but I'm almost 70 and to stay on the good side of the wife I don't climb on my roof anymore. Great job and I'm very impressed with your tool shed organization. Almost 15000 subscribers Samantha
@@hithere7382 Yes and last year I bought a brand new Lopi Evergreen Insert wood stove and had it professionally installed into my full sized fireplace as the old one had worn out after 30 plus years. I spent just over $6600 by the time it was done which included a 20" firebox and a 12 hour burn time. It heats double what the old one did with half as much wood. It's the reburn system that makes it so efficient.
I really liked the video why because there is no drama or talking a lot and the most important part was the preparation and the clean job you did , masking 'brushing' vacuuming and than cleaning and the video was shot really nice . Thank you sam for taking us with you on this video.
Reminds me of home. Growing up we had a wood heater to keep our home warm and toasty on those cold nights. Whenever I smell a wood fire, it always takes me back to those younger, carefree days. My dad would perform that same cleaning ritual every fall. Thanks for the memories. Keep the content coming. :)
Samantha. A great video, wonderfully shot, fully instructional and with the out-takes, shows that little mistakes happen and are not an issue. The devotion of you and your sidekick, Lena is heart warming to witness.
Nice job Samantha, keep up the good work. As a retired Firefighter, it’s very important to clean your chimney and you did an awesome job. I hope your video inspires others to clean their chimney as well.
Nice one Sam looking forward to seeing more of you're exploits, come on RU-vid spread the word. There are millions of ladies out there that would do the odd jobs around the home if only they knew how with Samantha they will find that she will give them the encouragement to go a lot further in some of the jobs she can do, as we have all seen some of the jobs she has tackled with Andrew. could turn out to be a good promotional site for you as Andrew Camarata's has. Great vid Kiddo keep them coming good filming good content 20mins good timing. Cheers. Geo UK.
I used to enjoy making a fire in the fireplace during winter. Even getting the wood was fun, since I had to find the correct pieces. Those days are gone forever. Nice work Sam.
Nice fireplace 🙂👍 I didn’t know how much work it is just to maintain one. Thank you for teaching how to clean up a chimney and fireplace 🔥 Love the puppy dog….beautiful 🐶 And my thoughts and prayers are with Andrew for his broken foot. Hope he feels better soon❤️🙏🙂
Samantha, from those of us born in a generation, that would never have had these opportunities, I wish you the best! I’m looking forward to more of your videos so young ladies can see that they can do whatever they have an interest in. Good luck!
Classic ladder too short for the job and the very top covered in footprints where it says, "This is not a step". Exactly how I've used ladders for years. 😅🙂 Really nice video. Very polished and professional. I grew up in Upstate New York. So nice to see the old country again. It's beautiful this time of year.
Cool, just got mine done, I love wood heat, good job thanks for sharing 👍 nice work doing that pool with Andrew stay under his wings lot of people would like to be in your shoes right now
When I used to have a log burner and it came time to clean the flue, chimney and cap, I cut the last 18-20" of an old chimney brush that had seen years of use and fitted the shaft into a 7.2v cordless drill. That arrangement worked really well on what you're doing @ 5:02 and 7:10.
What a fantastic home Sam. It really does pay to do an annual chimney clean, the soot can build up very quickly if you don't. I remember many chimney fires every year when I lived in the U.K.
Nice job. I've been heating with wood for over 30 years. The end of my stove pipe is close to the floor, so I made a an attachment for the end of the pipe to collect the soot - a larger pipe connected by a increaser with a cap on the larger pipe so no bag, no possibility of ripping. You mentioned rain coming, I never sweep unless the skies are clear because I've seen lightning when there isn't rain so I'm thinking being up on the roof with that 18 foot steel cleaning handle makes you into a lightning rod. After one cleaning I was pretty freaked by how much black soot I coughed and sneezed out and it didn't seem like there was much in the air, so now I always wear a mask.
Always did this from the inside with my Pop growing up, guaranteed soot arm and a garbage bag full. Good job Sam! There’s nothing like wood heat for sure!
Nice job on the stove and chimney. Your home and dog are very cool. A capable and entertaining young lady, looking forward to seeing more from you. Keep up the great work! 😊
Fine job on the chimney. I would highly recommend you get a proper ladder for getting on roofs. As a 40 year carpenter, I have seen a fair amount of accidents caused by faulty or too short a ladder for the job. It should extend 2 ft above the roof for ease of getting back onto it. Sometimes you only get one chance to be wrong. Stay safe. Cheers from Canada.
10/17/22. Wow! A woman who climbs up on the roof..carrying tools..unscrews little/tiny pan head screws without loosing them...then chimney sweeps..! Hey this is good stuff Sam ! Carry on & stay safe! Oh yes..yur friend Andrew..he has a roof..kinda rusty lookin'n..maybe you could show him how to 'sweep' his roof..?..aye? LoL! Love your video & droan skills! Beautiful scenery! Give us more! Sweet dog too!👍👍👍👏🛠🍺😊
Excellent video. Great camera angles and music choices. It took us on a little journey, we see the challenges of task and the joy of completion. Leena is also a sweetheart and a very very welcome cameo guest. Please make her a regular. Top class content.
Glad I found your channel from watching AC. I can see you share the same attention to detail. Cannot wait to see your content this coming year! Nice property and a fun watch. Wish I had a wood burner but have a wood fireplace for ambiance in the winter here in SE Michigan. Thanks again!
Great video Samantha, I'm a new subscriber love the scenery and your garden and Lena is a cutie. Thanks for sharing your home, I find you thanks to my son he is a big fan, he found your channel on Andrew's Playlist he is eleven years old and thinks you are awesome.
Great video and a good reminder to all that heat with wood to clean their chimneys. You have a beautiful property as well! One tip that can help when it gets colder out; after you prep the fire with paper and kindling, roll one piece of newspaper into a tube / stick shape, light it and hold it under / in the opening for the chimney for 10-15 seconds. Then use that paper to light the paper and kindling under the wood. This will force air up the chimney rather than having it push smoke out into the room. Keep up the great work and videos!
Great job, a wood stove and chimney are things that neglected way too often. I use gas cubes to light my wood stove. Much easier than paper and it’s that much less ashes you will have to clean next time around!
A job i always dreaded until about 7 years ago, a 'chimney sweep kit' from home depot. Use a drill and clean the pipe and chimney with ease. On the other hand it's fun watching someone else do it hahaha
I remember a chimney sweep coming to our house back in the 1960's to clean the chimney of the house. The small of the soot and the smell of a coal fire are aromas that can never be forgotten. I wish we had a log burner or coal fire but houses in UK mostly have central heating now. I know a logburner like yours but the chimney has been bricked up.
@@backyardbasher Where I live, some are going back to log burners for heating. Its wonderful to walk down the streets in winter and smell the air from coal and log fires. Takes me back to my childhood days.
Nice video, I like that you go back and have footage of the payoff so to speak lighting the fire. It completes the video. Also like the bloopers the end.
Recent subscriber. I put a step ladder on my deck to get on roof also, and have found using a 10' ladder works best. Goes above the roof edge. A little bit safer. Love your channel
That video was very helpful Sam - thanks! My roof is sorta steep so I've been paying someone for that service every year. You've showed me I really need to give it a shot on my own. Thanks much!
I’m told a poly or plastic brush is recommended for metal chimneys. I guess the scratches from the metal one can start corrosion.? I think that would be more of a problem on a fuel oil burner than wood. I use an old tire chain on my 😂😂 same stove and a stainless liner in my chimney. Nice video, good reminder, keep up the good work.
OK, I hope this one is not too old for you to "maybe" read and offer any comment and I thank you. This is serious too! I find you an unreally great asset to all that walk the earth. Let me explain why PLEASE! My whole life I've had a female role model from my strict Italian grandmother, mother, older sister, wife & 3 daughters. Well, Mom died in 2018, sis died in 2019, wife died in 2020, kids don't associate and I turn on RU-vid and find YOU! I'll watch all you post and comment cuz you are likeable, funny, smart and not afraid to jump in the 11ft side of the pool. To me, such a joy to see you interact with Andrew. I find comfort with it in my lonely life, so THANKS!!! Regards
Hi Sam, thanks for bringing us along as you cleaned the chimney and letting us seeing your beautiful property and Surroundings. We do not have an indoor fireplace, just an outside one, and with the prices we are paying for Natural gas, it would be nice to have one now. Thanks again.
Nice video, thanks. When I was a kid our furnace was in the basement. You went down and opened up the door and the door on the bottom. You got the crank, which looks like a crank to start an old fashioned car or tractor and put it on the bottom square peg. You shook it up and down and it shook the grate so stuff would fall down to the bottom you could shovel out. You closed the door and put the crank away. Then you could load up wood, coal or both. It heated up the entire house. If you built a fire, you could go down about 9pm and add more and it would be good until the next morning. Here's a tip. You cut logs. You take a lot and split it in four pieces to burn. Now take one of those four pieces and split it into three or four "sticks". Do that with the rest of the log. We had a 5 gallon bucket in the basement. We would put those sticks in the bucket. When we had leftover french fry oil, for example, we'd take it down and put it in that bucket. so the bottom 2 or 3 inches would soak up that oil. Then we'd take about 4 sticks and put them in the furnace and add more logs. We'd light those sticks and they'd take off fast burning away. We had a nice hot fire without using paper or charcoal lighter. (I talk a lot). Also, from your video, I saw those flowers. Pinch off all those flower heads and let them dry. Grab a long envelope and put all those seeds in it. Then come next spring you can dig around there and plant dozens more to grow and fill in.
Nice job Samantha! It looks like your stove and pipe could use a VGG rebuild. Some black high temp header paint from the auto parts store would do the trick.
Wow - great job. That is the most thoroughly cleaned chimney i have ever seen. Makes me a little embarrassed thinking how i usually do it :) Love your channel :)
Exactly. She's so good at it, that at first, I thought that was one of her side jobs working as a Chimney Sweep. I didn't realize it was her place until the end.
Sam, if you ball up some old newspaper and wet it, then dip it into some wood ashes, it will clean the inside of the stove glass. Just rub it around and the creosote will come off.
Hi! Thank You for sharing. Great content and Very well recorded from all the angles! I look forward to seeing more. The outages at the end just go to show that not everything goes as planned, O well. Just have fun!
