There was a complication with our ventilation.
I woke up to the smell of smoke in my house.
The first thing I thought was that the household was on fire, but I could not detect any flames.
I then realized the smoke was coming down the chimney and into the house. Something had plugged the flue in the chimney, and the smoke from the fireplace was coming into the household instead of up the chimney. I opened the windows and doors; then grabbed a coat because it chilly actually suddenly. I called the Heating & Air Conditioning corporation and told them I had a ventilation problem. They asked about the boiler, and I had to tell them it was from the fireplace and not the boiler. They gave the number of a chimney sweep that lived locally and said they could do more than the Heating & Air Conditioning corporation, and once I got in touch with the chimney sweep corporation, I had to wait two hours for someone to arrive. Once the chimney sweep arrived, he made sure the fire was out in the fireplace. I had to turn the boiler on to keep from frigid. He started put big brushes up the chimney and adding more sections until he found where the block was. I could not know how dirty he was by the time he had the chimney cleaned. He told me there was so much soot inside, it was surprising I hadn’t had a chimney fire and recommended I have the chimney cleaned yearly. Once he left, I got a fire in the fireplace, and I had heat again. I number one my fireplace over the boiler, and I heeded his warning about the chimney.