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Show Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, Jan. .25, 1984 ' Sweeps Can Make House Safer ney into a fire torch, Butterfield CHERYL ARCHIBALD advises people to have their Review Correspondent What would BOUNTIFUL you do if you were reading a book or watching TV, just relaxing by the fire, when suddenly a deafening roar alerted you that something was amiss in your chimney? i ;, 4. - w Would you run out of the house and watch the fireballs shoot out the chimney while ooing and ahing? Would you call your neighbors over to watch the volcano on your roof? Or would you wet a blanket, climb on the roof and cover the chimney opening? The last action, although it may sound as silly as the others would be the correct thing to do. And, says Brush and Bristle Chimney Sweep owner, Wes Butterfield, people should put the fire out in the fire place with sand,' call the fire department and hope for the best. The worst thing that could ' happen in such a scenario would be that the fire balls would land on the roof and start the whole house on fire, Butterfield says. But chimney fires are so hot that the heat melts the morter between the bricks, turning it back into sand. So, sometimes the chimney disintegrates before the rest of the house is destroyed. There were 40,000 chimney fires last year in the United States caused by the build up of creosote on the inside chimney walls. Creosote is a clear, yellowish liquid mixture when distilled from wood tar, or a brownish oily liquid coming from coal. It is used as a preservative for wood, and telephone poles are Staff Photos by Robert Regan dipped in the liquid before going into the ground. LOOKING LIKE a scene from Mary Pop-pin- s, Creosote builds up three times creosote, a dangerous accumulation of soot. as fast in wood burning stoves Wes Butterfield, a professional and inserts as in fireplaces, says chimney sweep, cleans a chimney of Butterfield, because the fire in the stoves is a smoldering one. The slower and cooler the fire, the faster the build-u- p of creosote, he says. And he recomBOUNTIFUL Issues rang-- . luck. Refreshments will be proEarlier this year, the national, mends that for wood burning let the fire bum in ing from campaign financing to vided fo the 9:30 a.m. meeting. league officials released a list of stoves, people for ten to 5 mina flame state A babysitter will also be providnational security will be considpotential national study topics. before utes turning it down by ered by members of the League ed at the morning session. All local leagues throughout the the door. stove closing officers DaLocal league have sug- country will select their prefer-ance- s of Women Voters of South To avoid turning your chim- vis County when they meet in gested the Davis County league for national studies. Those February to discuss the league concentrate its local studies on preferences will be considered at a national convention in May, at study programs for the next two local government issues, a continuation of studies started dur- which the national topics will .be years. , The meetings will be held Feb. ing the past two years. selected. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Fe,b. 8 at 9:30 The list of potential national Specifically, the local league will consider studing the Waa.m. in the Bountiful Comtopics falls into categories of munity Church, 100 N. Fourth satch Front Regional Council government, international relaand its 'programs on. pollution tions, natural resources and so. , East, Bountiful. and waste management, the re- cial policy. Among the topics to The league members will consider issues to be studied on sponse of educators to the man- be considered are: direct election both the national and local lev- - date from the Legislature to of the president, uniform voting els. . . make reforms and the emergenqualifications, arms control, air The public is invited. The cy response preparedness of Da- quality, energy, ERA, income asFeb: 2 meeting is a dessert pot- - vis County agencies. '. sistance and urban policy. Voter League to Study Issues . 1 . chimneys cleaned by a. professional chimney sweep once a year or after burning two cords of wood. He went into the chimney sweep business, he says, not only to make a little money on the side, but to educate people that with more, and more wood stoves and inserts being used, chimney cleaning is something really needed. He wears the black top hat in keeping with the old English tradition and he gets very dirty. I cant think of another occupation where you would get this dirty, he says. Before cleaning a chimney, Butterfield spreads a tarp on the floor around the fireplace, and plugs in his vacuume cleaner, which is left running to control the soot .that will come down the chimney. He then goes up on the roof and cleans the fiu tile or triple wall pipe with one of his eleven different wire brushes with long poles. The brush scours and loosens the creosote and soot. He returns to the house where he cleans the fire box opening ' and the camper area opening the damper and cleaning the wall below the flu tile and vacuming all the creosote out of the flu shelf in back of the camper. He vacuumes the fire box and finishes by vacuuming under the tarp. The best type of wood to bum in wood burning stoves and in- . serts, according to Butterfield, is lodgepole pine and quaking aspen which have less sap. For open fireplaces he recommends pinion pine, which has a lot of sap, burns hot Tor a long time, and doesnt spark. He advises people with inserts not to brick them in, because a thorough cleaning is impossible. He says the pipe should be screwed together with no elbows so that the brushes will not pull the pipes apart when cleaning. If in doubt about safety when installing a wood burning stove, Butterfield says it is a good idea to contact a building inspector and go by code. Greek Rerouting Approved Mill BETTY FLEISHMAN Review Correspondent The West Bountiful City Council voted unanimously last week to support a flood prevention plan calling for the rerouting of Mill Creek. The county had earlier requested that the city council go on record in support of the issue. The plan was originally drawn up by Fred Campbell, city engineer, and presented by Mayor Grant Secrist Dec. 20. Mayor Secrist also supports the plan, which has raised controversy among West Bountiful residents. The change entails building a new lined canal down- 500 South then turning north parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. It would Phillips Petror. leum, then go west to the existing canal running along the Rio Grande Railroad tracks. The canal presently running under Phillips Petroleum would be eliminated. Mayor Secrist stated that the canal from 1100 West down to by-pa- ss 1450 West would be dredged. He added that Phillips Petroleum has offered to contribute 25 percent of the cost of the project. Secrist said the city has been considering the possibility of paying a premium for the project if completed in less than 90 days and lowering the contracted cost if completion takes longer than 120 days. raacu I I & UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS 100 MONEY BACK GUARANTEE STUM CUAM CAKKTS 1755!., NMOUTERY SPECIAL out MWW 12 i6M 19 COUPON . SAVING BABIES . . . A legislation BOUNTIFUL waits members of the update South Davis- chapter of the I American Diabetes Association ' Thursday, Jan. 26, at' 7 p.m. in the Bountiful Library auditori- TREATMENT BEFORE BIRTH WATCH FOR THE - i BIG um. Janet Gill will discuss the star tus of legislation before the current Legislature that will allow insurance companies to pay the cost of diabetic equipment, such as insulin pumps. ' Additionally, Pam Haven, who heads patient education at Lakeview Hospital, will discuss the latest treatment tips on the disease. Her information is especially pertinent to newly diag- LAYTON HILLS MALL ' Debbie Whitmore's first thild, Justin, nearly'died when he was born. The reason: biotin dependency. an inherited birth defect. ' When Mrs. Whifmore became pregnant again, prenatal diagnosis showed that her second child, Nicole, also had inherited the birth defect of body chemistry: Through a March of Dimes program at the University of California, San Francisco, Mrs. Whitmore began special treatment when she was 23 '2 weeks pregnant. You can help make miracles happen. ; nosed diabetics. After the meeting, representa- tives of several medical equip- ment will companies demonstrate and explain their (7$) March of Dimes For more information, contact Paul Reimann, ADA South Davis chapter president, 292-127- Support A products. BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION 5. OGDEN 1175 fast Country M79-I26- Hills Dr. SALT LAKE 4898 So. 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