wooduser
Minister of Fire
If I had a chimney fire in my steel chimney, my bias would be to use my dry chemical fire extinguisher by giving it a shot in the stove. The idea being that the dry chemicals and CO2 that put out the fire would be carried into the venting system and put out the fire with the aid of the usualy and customary draft.
By contrast, the time it would take to get up on the roof with a fire extinguisher would give the fire more time to burn and to get hotter,.And discharging the fire extinguisher from the roof into the chimney cap sounds like it would be difficult to do effectively, and you would be fighting the draft coming up the chimney, which would include a perhaps dramatic fire!
And climbing hastily up onto a roof in an emergency situation sounds like something to avoid doing!
Comments or suggestions are solicited....
By contrast, the time it would take to get up on the roof with a fire extinguisher would give the fire more time to burn and to get hotter,.And discharging the fire extinguisher from the roof into the chimney cap sounds like it would be difficult to do effectively, and you would be fighting the draft coming up the chimney, which would include a perhaps dramatic fire!
And climbing hastily up onto a roof in an emergency situation sounds like something to avoid doing!
Comments or suggestions are solicited....