I have one of those metal fireplaces (builder installed), and it has an outside air vent. The screen over the vent rusted away, and some pigions set up housekeeping in there last summer. They're gone now, so I'm fixing the screen, but I'm afraid that they may have put combustible nesting materials in there under the metal box (where I could hear them cheeping and having a grand old time last summer). I can't see in there, or get to it... How do I take a peek in there to see what's there? Don't want to burn the house down, so haven't started a fire since this happened. My wife wants me too build one now... Is there a gadget that will let me look in this 2-3" hole and around corners, etc? If I find something, I'll put the shop vac in the hole before screening over and suck it out. I could just do that anyway, but I'll never know if I got everything without a finishing look-see.
Ain't home ownership a wonderful thing?
Steve Henderson