Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Débistrage
English translation:
mechanical flue pipe cleaning
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French term
France
Your own words and style, in French
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Italian to French
Débistrage
"Enlever le goudron qui s’est déposé sur un conduit de cheminée."
I would eventually translate it by "Flue pipe tar removal" but is there a more specific term in English?
Thank you!
| 3 | thorough mechanical cleaning |
Chris Hall
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| 4 +1 | flue pipe cleaning |
Evans (X)
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| 4 +1 | chimney deglazing, glazed creosote removal |
Bourth (X)
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Nov 23, 2009 19:55: SJLD changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): David Goward, Evans (X), SJLD
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Proposed translations
219 témoignages et ils ne cessent pas...
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
thorough mechanical cleaning
Opération de nettoyage mécanique pour enlever le bistre des conduits de fumée
(http://pro.itebe.org/THESAUR.nsf/5c07b6cff2d41560c1256ae9002...
Définition 2:
Le débistrage : c'est le nettoyage en profondeur dans le but d'ôter en plus des suies et des dépôts, le bistre ou goudron.
(http://www.kewego.com.br/video/iLyROoafYaO-.html)
flue pipe cleaning
See for instance:
http://www.ehow.co.uk/way_5637236_flue-pipe-cleaning.html?cr...
chimney deglazing, glazed creosote removal
http://www.mastersweep.com/IMP.HTM
CREOSOTE in chimneys comes in several stages. In its flaky, soot form, it is easily brushed away leaving safe and clean flue walls. When it appears as HARD, BRITTLE DEPOSITS, the chimney sweep's extra efforts in brushing will remove most of the buildup. But the nasty GLAZED VARIETY IS TRULY THE MOST DANGEROUS FORM, and the most difficult to remove from your home's wood burning system. And until recently, glazed creosote was almost impossible to remove in many instances.
GLAZED CREOSOTE in your chimney is recognizable by its dense, shiny tar-like appearance. This unpleasant substance is basically wood tar which has become baked onto the walls of the chimney or flue lining. Once it gets burning in your chimney, it is extremely difficult to extinguish. [ ... ]
There is now a product available to professional sweeps for removing glazed creosote. It's called TSR, or Third Stage Remover. Simply stated, this strong effective formula of fine cleaners DISSOLVES baked-on resins from masonry, metal and stainless steel surfaces by REDUCING THE HARD GLAZED SUBSTANCE TO LOOSE, BRUSHABLE SOOT. The TSR application will involve hard work by your chimney sweep, but the results will be worth the extra effort. After the product is applied, a drying time of 24 hours or more is required. As is often the case, several days may be necessary for complete drying to occur before brushing can begin.
http://www.safesidechimney.com/glaze.htm
Most CHIMNEY GLAZE/CREOSOTE REMOVAL treatments require three visits over two weeks. On the first visit, we score the surface of the glaze with a chimney ...
www.chimneycricket.com/chimney-deglaze.htm
CHIMNEY DEGLAZING. September 15th, 2009. Creosote and soot build-up in your fireplace or wood stove chimney can be a fire hazard if your chimney system is ...
madhatterchimneysweepohio.com/chimney-deglazing
Discussion
I will definitely make sure it is entered into the right glossary, thank you for suggesting it.
To Gilla: In my text, I need to make sure that "débistrage" will be perceived as a different process from the traditional "ramonage". I also found another link mentioning that chemicals can be added to the mechanical process of débistrage (it's like addidng a cleaning product) but mentioning it would make my sentence too long and I need to use parcimony here!
Thanks you both!
Kind regards,
Laetitia
Kind regards,
Chris.
I find both of your answers helpful! On one hand, Gilla's proposal is clear and makes sense, on the other hand, Chris' mention of the mechanical process involved helps me differentiate this cleaning action from the traditional sweeping of chimneys. So i'll go for "mechanical flue pipe cleaning" If I could i'll give you both a full rating!