Mason for Chimney Repair

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Originally Posted by Lucy Goose

Now that it is colder we have been using the upstairs fireplace but it seems like when we go downstairs there is a bit of a smokey smell from the other one which has not been used and has a separate flu.

What's happening is the cold air sinking down that flue. You may or may not be getting smoke down it from the other one. I used to get a smoky smell down mine even though I didn't have the other one burning. I found that my furnace's forced draft direct vent was creating a negative pressure in the house and the easiest place for the outside air to equalize was through the chimney. The forced draft system has been tossed.