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Default Chimney Line and Flue

wrote:

An inspector found carbon monoxide backdrafting from the water heater
in my house. The inspector said may be the ventilation (the flue or
chimney line) needed to be clean.


You're being hosed.

Who is the inspector (from the city/county?) and why exactly
was he there?

If this was spillage from the draft hood, had the burner been
running for at least a little while to establish draft in'the chimney?

Jim