Maybe the idea of cleaning your brick fireplace conjures mental images of soot-covered street urchins running through Victorian London with chimney sweeps in hand — or Cinderella elbow-deep in ashes during her pre-prince life of forced labor and drudgery.
Unfortunately, cleaning a brick fireplace isn’t nearly as romantic as all that. In fact, it’s pretty straightforward — and it’s a really good idea to do it as often as it needs it to help prevent chimney fires and remove unsightly black marks from your bricks.
Read on as I walk you through the best non-toxic ways to remove soot and creosote from a brick fireplace.