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Soot and creosote are different materials. Soot is simply ashes — dirty bu

Soot and creosote are different materials. Soot is simply ashes — dirty but harmless. Creosote is wood tar that gets distilled when wood is burned. When condensed in your chimney, it appears shiny and hard and is dangerously flammable.

By Yankee Magazine|Mar 24 2013|

Soot and creosote are different materials. Soot is simply ashes — dirty but harmless. Creosote is wood tar that gets distilled when wood is burned. When condensed in your chimney, it appears shiny and hard and is dangerously flammable.