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Monday, 05 January 2009
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Fireplace Vacuums

Fireplace Vacuums Overview
Have you ever tried vacuuming a fireplace or fuel burning stove with a regular vacuum cleaner? Believe me when I tell you that this is not a good idea—you need fireplace vacuums. Not only is it dangerous, but you usually end up creating an even bigger mess than when you started. First of all, most commercially available vacuum cleaners are not heatproof for this type of material. If any of the ash is hot, then it could damage the vacuum cleaner as well as cause injury to the user and perhaps even create a fire.

To avoid this, many people are patient and wait many days or even longer to ensure that there are absolutely no hot pieces of ash or fuel left in the fireplace. While this is inconvenient and time consuming, it is also generally pointless. Having fireplace vacuums on hand is much simpler and effective as the filters in a regular vacuum cleaner are simply to coarse to catch the ash. The dust created by ash is so fine that it flows in through one end of the vacuum cleaner and right out the other end. Now you’ve got a clean looking fireplace but a room full of fine ash and dust. Not a pretty sight, and also a potential danger to those with breathing difficulties and children.

Fireplace vacuums on the other hand, are specifically designed with this task in mind. Costing in the region of $180 to $250 you can buy a fireplace vacuum cleaner that will take all of the hassle out of the task of cleaning your fireplace. First of all, the piping and central storage area of fireplace vacuums are made out of heat resistant materials so that you don’t have to worry about the ash being completely cold. Different models of fireplace vacuums will have different levels of heat resistance so check with the fireplace vacuums manufacturer’s guidelines to see exactly how long after a fire the fireplace vacuum can be used.

The second important difference between fireplace vacuums and regular vacuum cleaners is that fireplace vacuums have special filters that are designed to catch the fine dust in ash. This means that the ash you suck out of the fireplace will stay in fireplace vacuums bags and not end up in the air all over your house.

There are many good models available from a number of manufacturers and you should probably anticipate paying about $200 for the fireplace vacuums. The alternative is to sweep the ash out of the fireplace with a bush into a bag and then throw it out. However, do not be tempted into using your regular vacuum cleaner to clean out your fireplace as this is a certain recipe for disaster. For more information on fireplace vacuums, visit your local hardware supplier or search for online fireplace vacuums distributors.

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