{"id":9829,"date":"2017-08-31T13:12:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/?p=9829\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T09:44:26","slug":"chimney-fire-safety-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/chimney-fire-safety-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimney Fire Safety Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chimney Fire Safety Week<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Chimney Fire Safety Week is a yearly awareness event to ensure that chimneys are maintained and swept on a regular basis and the correct fuel is always used.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Incorrect use of a stove or any appliance connected to a flue, will result in degradation of the appliance and the flue, as well as invalidating any warranty. However, more importantly, it could cause a fire.<\/p>\n<p>A few simple guidelines to ensure your chimney is safe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-564x452.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-1128x904.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-432x346.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-457x366.jpg 457w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-914x732.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-423x339.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/08\/chimneyfiresafetyweeklogo2017-846x678.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Always used the correct fuel with a low moisture content &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/increase-the-life-of-your-stove-and-chimney-with-the-correct-fuel\/\">click here<\/a> to read an article with more details on what sort of fuel to look for.<\/li>\n<li>Keep any fuel away from a hot appliance.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure external grills are not blocked.<\/li>\n<li>Check that there are no blockages at the top of the chimney.<\/li>\n<li>Never leave an open fire unattended without a spark guard.<\/li>\n<li>Always use a secure fireguard if children are in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Get your stove serviced by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/training\/hetas-training\/\">HETAS Registered<\/a> chimney sweep* every year.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your\u00a0smoke alarm is working.<\/li>\n<li>Fit a carbon monoxide alarm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow these simple steps will mean that the fire is very unlikely and that your appliances and chimney will have a long working life.<\/p>\n<h6>*If you use a non-registered engineer, your warranty may become invalid.<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chimney Fire Safety Week Chimney Fire Safety Week is a yearly awareness event to ensure that chimneys are maintained and swept on a regular basis and the correct fuel is always used. Incorrect use of a stove or any appliance connected to a flue, will result in degradation of the appliance and the flue, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14712,"featured_media":9836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9829"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9841,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9829\/revisions\/9841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}