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By Cyclonesue on Jul 13, 2009 • Zap The Red Chimney! (Beginners+)
RED CHIMNEYS ARE BACK!
Not exactly something to celebrate, is it? Yes, Sims 3 has reminded us just what it's like to have bright red chimneys ALL OVER AGAIN!
This tutorial is going to show you how you can zap the pests. Have your own chimney - any size, any colour, in any position! If you llike, have NO chimney! Better still, stick it in the garden pond and enjoy smoked mackerel for supper. Whatever you want, you can do it with this EASY tutorial. And yes, your new chimney will stay just how you design it - even when other people download your lot.
Incidentally, this tutorial works on any of the in-game chimneys, including the wood-burning stove's flu-pipe.
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On Jul 17, 2009 Twilyte wrote:
Great work, Sue! Thank you!!! I've been waiting for this tutorial to get fixed and published.
Now, to go zap those red chimneys. I have one that sits between a foundation laid home and a ground level garage. (Didn't want to use the cheat on that one.) Wonder with the moveobjects on cheat if I can get the walls to work between those levels? If not, the garage may need a cheat tweaking after all. 
On Jul 17, 2009 gelfie wrote:
Ooh thank you very much for creating this most excellent tutorial
On Jul 17, 2009 indahood wrote:
Brilliant! Thank you for making that tutorial! The red chimneys really crash with green houses! Thanks again!
On Jul 18, 2009 Midnight222 wrote:
You had me fuming ..... then smoking angry ....... followed by concern over whether I had bungled it .....then cheekily seeing if the fireplace would re appear ....... before finally, finally blowing my stack with thick plumes of black smoke in an otherwise decent chimney (I would never have guessed you used the fence ........ ingenious!) Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou for this great tute!
On Jul 18, 2009 Jaws3 wrote:
On Jul 18, 2009 cruinne wrote:
Awesome Sue -- now I just have to go back and re-do alllllll my chimneys.
On Jul 18, 2009 swmeek wrote:
Awesome Tutorial Sue!
On Jul 18, 2009 rhianon1 wrote:
The moment I realized EA had resurrected that infernal red chimmney I nearly fainted. Thanks so much for this tutorial. I feel so much better now that I'm rid of it.
On Jul 18, 2009 Pinecat wrote:
Great job, Sue! I've been 'fuming' over trying to move fireplaces only to have chimneys left behind, needing to be deleted piece by piece - why didn't I see there could be a positive side to this? I'm so glad you think outside the box!
On Jul 18, 2009 sandrakorb wrote:
I'm so glad this has been published, I dispise having a different colour chimney than the rest of my house! Thanks Sue!!
On Jul 18, 2009 fredbrenny wrote:
WoW! Good tutorial! Chester Field III says Thanks! His Mansion just got worth about 150K more
On Jul 18, 2009 Kadan wrote:
Cool!!
On Jul 18, 2009 EffieSue wrote:
Wow! Excellent tuturial ... I think now even I can do this....Thank you!
On Jul 18, 2009 EffieSue wrote:
lol, I can't even leave a comment without bungling it...Excellent tuturial...I think I'm off to try to fix all my ugly red chimneys!
On Jul 18, 2009 jaojao wrote:
YEEEEEEEEE!!! finally!!
My old stone fortress won't have bright red chimneys anymore !!!
Thank you so much!
On Jul 18, 2009 Kadan wrote:
Can you make a tutorial how to use a clever building way? ( contstrainfloorelevation )
Great Tutorial!! "
On Jul 19, 2009 tiptippster wrote:
Brava! So simple even I can do it. As I usually box in these red chimneys, it's good to know that I can get rid of them alltogether. Tnaks again!
On Jul 19, 2009 erisema wrote:
Thanks Sue! Just what my Sims and I needed....
On Jul 20, 2009 senemm wrote:
Another great tutorial! Thx so much
On Jul 20, 2009 rose-maman wrote:
How great!!!!
And gees I laughed all the way...lol, you know, you don't have to be that funny!
Thanks again! now i can't wait to go build a lovely house...:P
Rosie :0)
On Jul 20, 2009 MomGold wrote:
On Jul 21, 2009 darkfey wrote:
Another great tutorial. And keep up the sense of humour. There aren't enough laughs in the world.
On Jul 22, 2009 FairyMoon wrote:
On Jul 22, 2009 FairyMoon wrote:
WoooHooo!!! Thank you so very much. You have limitless talents and a such a great way of teaching! Love your humor!
On Jul 22, 2009 2Questionable wrote:
I don't think I've ever been THIS entertained by a tutorial anywhere, but this one is a keeper!!! And thanks for the actual informative content mixed in with the giggles, Sue!
On Jul 25, 2009 katalina wrote:
I am about to put this tutorial to good use for my latest shack (shhh, it's a secret) I have to get rid of that pretty red brick chimney "yuck" or it will just be an eyesore to ramshackled shack
I demand authenticity when building and this tute will help me do that. Thanks so much, Sue 
On Jul 30, 2009 liberty wrote:
Great tutorial tanks I'm finnaly able to read it thanks
On Jul 31, 2009 danterossetti1 wrote:
Whippets RULE!!!
thanks ever so much Sue!
On Aug 2, 2009 chalka12 wrote:
Thank You
On Aug 4, 2009 Stace-Kim wrote:
It took me forever to finally get back to read the fixed tutorial, and believe me, it was worth the wait! Now I'm excited about going back into my game and trying this out. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us Sue! Cheers!!!
On Aug 11, 2009 MoonlitMaiden wrote:
Wonderful tutorial and great tip about the top chimney piece! I can think of all sorts of neat-o ways to use a portable smoker!
Gina
On Aug 12, 2009 Kriss wrote:
Sue, thanks a lot for this tutorial
. Scandinavian houses and ugly red brick chimneys are not compliant regardless of housing style so I am going to put it into good use. 
On Aug 16, 2009 Strawbz wrote:
Thank you Sue this is just what I needed
On Aug 16, 2009 totalia wrote:
Ahhh, thank you so much. Those annoying red fireplace things were driving me up the wall. I tried to change (or at least delete) one, but it wouldn't even let me select it. This is much help.
On Aug 19, 2009 NeonAngel wrote:
pure legend you are! i just HATE chimney's and wanted to delete the part that sticks up but i didnt know i could! thanks sooooooooooooo much!
On Aug 20, 2009 dramalover7m wrote:
Thank you!This was very helpful!
On Aug 24, 2009 xXHomecomingXx wrote:
thanks! Ive always wanted to make them look better
On Aug 29, 2009 Sandun wrote:
And again an other great tutorial, simple but perfect! Everyone can do this, though it's no so easy to come up with something like this. To me you are a real miracle! Thanks
On Sep 1, 2009 nicketti wrote:
Who woulda thunk. My cottage thanks you. My castle thanks you. My ... ok all my buildings thank you.
On Sep 2, 2009 Soul Desighner wrote:
Great tutorial! Never knew you could do this! It will certainly improve many lots! I have genrally avoided fireplaces untill now!!! Thanks!
On Sep 4, 2009 cadiva wrote:
Wahooooooooooooooooo my dream cottage (yes I really did see the kitchen in a dream, how nuts is that!) thanks you for this tutorial
On Sep 13, 2009 jippysofine wrote:
Red chimneys make me real mad! Thank you for this tutorial! R.I.P Red chimney
On Sep 18, 2009 chasy wrote:
You have got a PHENOMENAL sense of humor! I just finished the million roof tutorial you wrote and started reading this one without knowing it was by you. I figured it out within 3 sentences!! I saw 'cyclonesue' and I was like, "hmm, who wrote the roof one?" and sure enough it was you!
I love your sense of humor - really, you make tutorials so fun to READ, let alone that your tutorials are full of game-enriching information! 
On Sep 19, 2009 Bombino122 wrote:
i cant see my roofs in the sims 3 plz anyone help me
On Sep 20, 2009 bocapasiooo wrote:
sooo good! than kou soo muuch!!
On Sep 22, 2009 treefish wrote:
hihi! a fun tutorail; meee like, thanks!!!
On Sep 27, 2009 Yngven93 wrote:
another great tutorial by cyclonesue (maybe you did this one first i don't know..).
Thanks so very much again, my houses are looking better then ever
On Sep 29, 2009 sarahjay1975 wrote:
YAY, i'm not very technical when it comes to the sims, but this tutorial looked very simple to follow, I can't wait to try it out, I too hated the red brick chimney, and the other ones that come with the game, so now I can colour them the way I want. Thank you so muchfor this easy to follow tutorial :P
On Sep 30, 2009 simsjeanie wrote:
On Sep 30, 2009 simsjeanie wrote:
Wonderful! Thank you so much, cyclonesue! So easy and yet so grand!
On Oct 6, 2009 Dieselbiene wrote:
So from Belgium , a very big kiss for this tutorial I hate Red chimneys
On Oct 18, 2009 Peachybitz1 wrote:
Hi,
tute, I have experimented with this for a few of my houses and it works a treat, and I think I'll branch out a bit and try the roof tute too..Cheers..
Just wanted to let you know this is a fantastic
On Oct 19, 2009 ...Wow wrote:
i deleated the chimney by accident one time...could never figure out how i did it though! thanks!!!
On Oct 21, 2009 DragonQueen wrote:
On Oct 22, 2009 Flexina wrote:
Oh, i have never thought about the top generated the smoke
Thanks!!!
On Nov 28, 2009 threeonesix wrote:
Thanks for the tutorial!
This'll help me alot!
On Nov 28, 2009 MysticVelvet wrote:
a wonderful tutorial and so humorously written
, thanks a lot 
On Dec 16, 2009 Just me wrote:
So simply, so useful and so funny. Thanks!
On Dec 28, 2009 Superbia wrote:
Wow! And awesome and entertaiming tutorial. Thank you!
On Jan 11, 2010 firecarrier77 wrote:
thanks for the awesome tutorial. oh and you were funny. it didnt make the whole 8 pages boring.lol
On Jan 14, 2010 martoele wrote:
Thank you cyclonesue for this humoristic tutorial. So simple, that it makes me feel stupid that I didn't find out myself. Ah. You're really indispensable to many of us.
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On Jan 31, 2010 oldmember_saphron2000 wrote:
YAY! I had tried to camoflauge my red chimney with a ton of bushes and trees. Now, I won't need to do that. Thank you!
On Feb 7, 2010 oldmember_cava_no wrote:
ITS GREAT
On Feb 21, 2010 SuZ1101 wrote:
On Mar 9, 2010 YrS92 wrote:
Great tutorial, so useful and so very funny too... Learning things is hardly ever this fun, the only downside was that I almost choked because I was drinking tea while reading this
Thank you so much, Sue
On Mar 20, 2010 luna_darling wrote:
Thank you!! I would bow down to your greatness if I could. You made this so easy and untechnical! I am happy to say every house I've made to today has been re-fireplaced! You ROCK!
On Mar 23, 2010 Oblio wrote:
Very Funny! thank ya. x
On Mar 24, 2010 sailfindragon wrote:
Great Tutorial. No more ugly red brick. YAY
On May 7, 2010 fyreflii wrote:
Finally! ive been so sick of that old red fireplace chimney
On May 10, 2010 rhondalc wrote:
On May 10, 2010 rhondalc wrote:
On May 24, 2010 SinseiMaster wrote:
awesome tutorial!! I cant wait to try this out!
On May 28, 2010 mspassions2 wrote:
I'll really have to use this!!
On May 28, 2010 mspassions2 wrote:
I'm using this tutorial as I type this. It's actually really easy and I couldn't help but laugh as I deleted parts of the chimney. I even yelled out "How is Santa going to visit the little Sim girls and Sim boys this year?" Thanks so much!
On Jun 7, 2010 macgirlffx wrote:
GAH! I almost cried when that darn red chimney reared it's ugly head in Sims 3. WHY?! Can't we learn from our mistakes? Sheesh. I'm definitely killing all chimneys... again. Mwhahahahahahaha... thanks for the tutorial!
On Jun 27, 2010 samantha5 wrote:
This is great, I love it .
On Jul 3, 2010 bretkill wrote:
Thank you!
On Jul 7, 2010 shakaib36 wrote:
Thank you so much man...........u rock.................
On Jul 12, 2010 Ravynlee_H wrote:
Brilliant! Made me laugh and more importantly made me learn (made me?But anyway...) A great tutorial from a great builder! What would we do without you? <3
On Jul 15, 2010 stevihj wrote:
Thanks for the tutorial! It was informative and hilarious! Just what learning should be! Thanks again!
On Jul 19, 2010 katierose33 wrote:
I am not worthy. You are awsome
On Jul 19, 2010 cekwebpage wrote:
Woot
*Give big applause*
On Jul 20, 2010 dsrhnry wrote:
thank you very much, i found the tutorial helpful and easy to follow instructions.
On Jul 24, 2010 Simlight16 wrote:
YAY! This is MUCH esier than boxing it up! This will help a lot! Thank you! But, you that if you have Ambitions, if you want to add smoke/fog somewhere, open the cheat console and type testingcheatsenabled true and buyde bug just like that! Then look for the fog emmiter and VOILA! You can get rid of all sections of the ugly red chimney!
On Aug 3, 2010 Zackanator91 wrote:
Not only was it completely amazingly useful and easy to understand (you even showed what the keys look like. Ha!) and it was HILAREOUS! "Now look at that ugly red chimney and get REAL MAD!" Hahaha!
On Aug 16, 2010 icavlert wrote:
Having just found this, I must say that this is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. Your humour and language definitely keep the reader interested, and realize that this is actually a very simple process.
Well done, and thank you!
On Aug 22, 2010 chadzy18 wrote:
elow how are u all
On Sep 8, 2010 Funnyeyes wrote:
Yay! Thank you very much, I had fun reading your tutorial
On Sep 9, 2010 mauvecrocus wrote:
thanks for this - i'm going to do it now!
On Sep 9, 2010 BillsAngel wrote:
Thank you so so much Sue! Not only are your tutorials informative & easy to follow, they're funny too!
On Sep 24, 2010 StarSim07 wrote:
Thank you for this amazing tutorial Sue, I had re-painted my house white and the red chimney just looked awful with it.
But now thanks to your fun tutorial it matches
On Oct 8, 2010 robottoasties_xo wrote:
Excellent! Chimneys are soso unsightly! Excellent job!!
On Oct 23, 2010 DytjeSaurr wrote:
Marvelous tutorial, I'm so going to try this. It kinde looks cameltoe when you have a brick chimney at a wooden house.
On Nov 10, 2010 rindacella1163 wrote:
Excellent!!
On Nov 12, 2010 patiam321 wrote:
Most excellent! Thanks!:P
On Dec 2, 2010 TSR Lone wrote:
Zap! Zap! Zap! I'm very mad at the stupid rubbish red chimney when i placed one at my newly customized (all black and white) house. Now i can ZAP that red one to black!!! Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!
On Dec 4, 2010 Cheygrl94 wrote:
I want you to realize that you are a genious, and that you have saved at least a thousand homes from having an ugly red chimney. Thanx
-chey
On Dec 9, 2010 sltoye wrote:
What a great tutorial, entertaining and useful. Can't wait to try it out. Begone unsightly red chimneys.
On Dec 18, 2010 Wannabee16 wrote:
Besildes the great tut!
You are so entertaining I just had to read it twise!!
Thanx!
On Dec 22, 2010 danahaeun wrote:
super funny a great tutorial!!! now i can finally stop making red brick houses to match with the chimney! thankyou ALOT!
On Dec 28, 2010 dustyjewel wrote:
Thankyou! i just thought i was stuck with the red chimney!
On Jan 1, 2011 thedreamercatcher15 wrote:
This tutorial is exactly what i needed for ages.... i'm also annoyed by that red brick chimney so Thank you, thank you so much!
On Jan 2, 2011 Princess47 wrote:
What a brilliant tutorial. I had almost given up on fireplaces altogether. Thanks heaps!!
On Jan 2, 2011 happy2183 wrote:
thank you, i was so annoyed with stupid red brick chimneys until i found out you can delete them!
On Jan 5, 2011 immi1998 wrote:
THANK YOU!! now I'm not scared to use chimneys!
THANK YOU THANK YOU!
On Jan 30, 2011 Mecall wrote:
Well done, down with red chimneys everywhere! Hurray, Thanks
On Feb 2, 2011 Purpleto280 wrote:
very well presented!
On Feb 26, 2011 DEBnowDEW wrote:
On Apr 18, 2011 cjed2001 wrote:
Great tutorial and some jokes in there aswell? Love it!
On Apr 28, 2011 inajaned wrote:
thanks tons really simple and easy to understand!
On May 21, 2011 Tanyella wrote:
Now I've seen this tutorial, well I just feel stupid
but thanks
On May 22, 2011 KBRckr wrote:
I laughed a lot with "haha"hahahahahahahavery coolthank U
On Jun 8, 2011 chemy wrote:
Thanks for a great tutorial and even a few laughs
I never thought of doing it this way, I just delete the whole chimney on my modern houses cause the red is so awful lol...will give this a try, thanks.
On Aug 8, 2011 chaunyrene wrote:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
On Aug 12, 2011 fourfiveseven9 wrote:
This tutorial is easy, funny, exact, and perfect(: THANKYOUUU!
On Sep 4, 2011 dimitra greek wrote:
Thanks, those red chimneys used to RUIN my best houses... But not anymore!
On Sep 20, 2011 lissy730 wrote:
On Sep 24, 2011 12iKitten21 wrote:
Pretty clever! :P
On Oct 15, 2011 millyana wrote:
Thank you for your easy-to-understand tutorial. I've been trying to build walls around my chimneys and you know what problems that can create, giant chimneys, etc!
On Oct 15, 2011 lafflip wrote:
I love how easy to understand and funny it is!
On Oct 16, 2011 ElderGamer1 wrote:
Thank-you so much. Usually I can not understand building tutorials but you have put all in the information with pictures so well that I was following you completely. Thanks so very much... I can't wait to try it myself now!
On Nov 11, 2011 Pink Love wrote:
i never put chimneys in the house because of the red colour but i hope to......... thanks 4 the tutorial.
On Nov 11, 2011 h.jdavid wrote:
Genial realmente genial
On Dec 1, 2011 dhyrhe wrote:
You are brilliant. That was hilarious and educational. Thank you so much.
On Jan 13, 2012 kulthero777 wrote:
This has been my favorite since it came out, glad to finally get it back after missing it for over a year. Thank you so much for keeping it updated.
On Jan 16, 2012 SepiaAlyssa wrote:
On Jan 25, 2012 TheLady061 wrote:
On Jan 25, 2012 vegitariandino wrote:
Both informative and amusing!
On Jan 26, 2012 kellymouse84 wrote:
Totally awesome and completely hilarious! Thanks for the great tutorial-it will be put to good use here-and the added laughs are pretty great, too!
On Jan 29, 2012 sims_vaka_suave wrote:
Great tip!
On Feb 6, 2012 angel007sherm wrote:
You rock the socks off of my face. Thanks I hated that chimney so much!
On Mar 22, 2012 mullypuss wrote:
fantastic tutorial. you rocked my world!!! red chimneys be gone!