Duraflame™ Log

Home inspectors occasionally are asked, what they think about Duraflame™ fire logs.

Some home inspectors render an opinion and say it’s okay to use them and others will tell you, the residue from the man-made fire logs gums up the chimney flue.

While Duraflame™ pre-fab logs burn long and relative clean, they do produce a wax-like build up that sticks to everything inside your chimney. This substance coats your flue tiles, lining, damper gears, chimney cap, everything… just like soot from regular wood burning.

It’s a fact that…

… if unseasoned or wet Mother Nature wood is burned in the fireplace, soot and creosote can buildup in the chimney flue… creating a potential fire hazard – a chimney fire.

Pre-fabricated burning logs (Duraflame™ for example) are as much of a fire hazard as regular wood, if the chimney is not maintained regularly.  If you're burning pre-fabricated fire logs, don't think they burn so cleanly that you don't need to have your chimney swept.

The bottom line: If you use a wood burning fireplace… Clean the chimney every year, regardless if you use Mother Nature wood or pre-fabricated fire logs.

Count on the inspectors at Pacific Coast Inspections, Inc. to inspect your fireplace and to recommend further review by a qualified fireplace specialist, if there any conditions in need of attention.

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