Chimney sweeps still exist in the USA, although they offer a variety of
services. The usual term for the industry is Heating/Ventilating/Air
Conditioning Repair, often abbreviated to HVAC Repair. I had my chimney cleaned
a few years ago. The technique used was a powerful, truck-mounted vacuum
cleaner, plus a large brush moved up and down the flue. Modern houses no longer
use flues large enough to climb into, as they suck nearly all of the heated air
up the chimney.
I agree that the value chimney_sweep is more understandable than simply sweep,
as the latter could be misinterpreted to refer to companies that sweep up trash
from roads and parking lots.
On October 3, 2014 6:32:52 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>
wrote:
>2014-10-03 13:26 GMT+02:00 SomeoneElse <[email protected]>:
>
>> If they're a German-specific thing then why not use the German word
>rather
>> than co-opt an English one that doesn't actually match the primary
>function
>> that these people perform?
>>
>
>
>they are all chimney sweeps. The list of detailed services, obligations
>and
>functions is naturally country specific such as with any other tag as
>well.
>We are not using English tags to describe everything in relation to
>Britain, but because it seemed a good way to describe the whole world
>in a
>way that would be understood by most of the mappers.
>
>I'd also expect chimney sweeps to be operating (still) in Britain, as
>they
>do necessary maintenance work (maybe you have less frequent sweeping,
>but
>it still has to be done from time to time).
>
>cheers,
>Martin
>
>
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