Open fires, stoves and range cookers. The fireplace is sheeted off first and everything is hoovered up after, so there's no soot left in the room.
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Every sweep runs the same way, so you know what's happening in your house.
The fireplace gets sealed with a dust sheet before anything starts, so the soot stays in the chimney and off your floor.
The rods and brush go up the flue and clear the soot and anything stuck in it, all the way out the pot.
A smoke test shows the chimney is clear, with smoke going up and out instead of back into the room.
The sheets come off, the hearth gets hoovered, and you're ready to light the fire.