Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: happy_flyer on March 07, 2013, 19:27:04 PM
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We have a Soba and have been using it all winter with no problems and still no problems as i write, and as the chimney has not been used before as we had to knock through to add the flue.
Now the reason for this post, i was talking to someone in a pub last week and they said that the chimney should have a carton of stuff put on the fire when lit for it to go up and out the chimney cleaning and making it safe as it goes.
Has anyone else heard of this or even done ,or do regular.
We normally only burn wood but every so often do chuck a couple of handfuls of coal in as well if that makes any difference.
Any advice would be great. :D
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We have a set of drain rods and you can attach a sweeping attachment to the top, this means you can use them to clean the drains and also sweep the chimney. All the Farmers around here have them and told us about them years ago. Cannot count the number of times we have lent them out.
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They usually drop a live chicken down the chimney to loosen the soot in Kaya.
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KKob you always make me chuckle!
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Chuckleworthy but absolutely true!
As the poor bird falls into the darkness it panics and the more the panics, the more it flaps and the more it flaps, the more soot it removes. Once at the bottom you can stick it on the barby, lovely chicken with an interesting smoky flavour ;)
This isn't recommended or endorsed by Animal Aid as far as I know.
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Chuckleworthy but absolutely true!
Yep. He's right ya know !
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Weirdly it does have an old fashioned ring of truth to it!
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Would KKOB and I lie to you?!!
It is genuinely true, I promise.
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That's all very well, but a chicken is useless for putting down a blocked drain.. :o ;) :D
Drain rods and chimney attachments at the D.I.Y Shop in Calis Beach. :D
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Sell what you want in Uygar's the wood seller along from Tansas on the 22 metre road brand names are Popsi and Bacasil last time I bought the cost was 2tl each or three packs for 5tl.
I would have thought that all of the wood/soba selling shops have sold it,
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George, we have a pack of Bacasil but are nervous about using it, Can you tell us how you used it, and what happens???
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Get your fire hot, the hotter the better apparently, and just throw the packet on, I think it says on the packet, it should be a packet for every 2m of flue.
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And then drop the chicken down
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Lol!! stoppit!
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But I have been informed by lots of people that these addatives are not worth the money they cost.
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That's all very well, but a chicken is useless for putting down a blocked drain.. :o ;) :D
There ya go. Typical bloody woman. Off at a tangent again. The thread's about chimneys, not drains! ;)
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As Baz say's get your fire really hot throw the whole thing in,packet as well,watch the pretty sparkles.Don't know if it works or not,although Turkish friends swear by it.
Was advised to use it every 7-10 days!
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I have used three packs at the start of the cold season for 4 years now, not had any problems, so I take it it does work.
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Thats great , thank you everyone for the advice and the laughs . I'll go see what i can buy tomorrow and give it a try maybe try the chicken first to loosen the soot.
No really i won't do that, I havn't got a ladder long enough to reach the top of the chimney anyway. LOL.
Have to make sure i do the chemical thing at night so i get to see the fireworks ha ha Hope none of my neighbours will have there washing out overnight though. HA HA : :) :o
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I can only endorse everything I have read here, the Popsi & Bacasil work we'll and is available in loads of places at the start of winter but usually stocks run quite low by now so you might have to hunt for it a bit.
Just an addendum to the chicken method (which is usually quite effective if done on a monthly basis) if you are worried about cruelty you could always get Dick van Dyke to clear the chimney but be warned, he might start singing in an American style Cockney accent! Now that would be cruel!
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(http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz105/lowennnn/14652__poppins_l.jpg)
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Another method the villagers used was to get someone on the roof, drop a rope down, tie a load of those plastic hessian type bags to the end of the rope and slowly draw the rope back up out the chimney.
They did this for us the last time we did ours with just a little bit of mess at the fireplace