One flue over the cuckoo's nest

 After four-plus years of burning construction scrap and pinyon pine, we thought it would be a good idea to get a chimney sweep out. The only trouble was the apparently only chimney sweep in Yavapai County didn't like the pitch of our roof. We weren't sure what to do.

But the chimney sweep said he'd come out and give the place a look when he was next in the area. He did come, and decided that he could get most of it if he did the job from the inside. I had never seen this done, and found it interesting. They basically took a vacuum-like thing and used it to clean the flue. I was a little worried about soot getting on the floor, but they were very careful, as you can see.