Combustibles inside fireplace?

[bmargiotti]

greetings,
a friend just called me and was about to light a fire for the first time in his new house... which i didnt inspect he said "i think i can see the mantle inside! is there wood inside the fireplace?"

i havnt gone to see it yet, anyone have any ideas? i cant see any reason why you might see anything combustible inside a fireplace? its masonry btw.

thanks

[jking2]

I think you better tell him to hold off on that first fire until you look at it, unless he wants a really big one!

Jim King

[Chuck Connolly]

I actually saw this on a TV program recently. They left the form boards above the smoke shelf.

[Barry Adair]

Send the cheapskate this.
Maybe he'll spend a few hundred to have it and the rest of his new purchase properly inspected.

http://images.google.com/url?q=http:...VoGsu9iJZCLJqg

or just have him double his fire coverage, he may be needing it

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by badair

Send the cheapskate this.
Maybe he'll spend a few hundred to have it and the rest of his new purchase properly inspected.

http://images.google.com/url?q=http:...VoGsu9iJZCLJqg

or just have him double his fire protection

Bingo

... Cookie

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Originally Posted by Chuck Connolly

I actually saw this on a TV program recently. They left the form boards above the smoke shelf.

You mean, like this? This is a picture of the fireplace throat.

It's more common than you might think. . .

[Brian C. Hoagland]

Last time I called this the realtor/ owner of the property called all upset, said the last inspector didn't find any problems with the chimney. I told her you had to lay on your back and look up with your head inside the firebox to see the problem. I told her to take the photo in the report to compare with what she saw and call me back if she had any further questions. Never heard back.

[Chuck Connolly]

Jeff,

Sorry, it must have been your picture that I was thinking about because that was the image I had in my mind.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Yes. Quite haunting, isn't it?