Whenever anybody thinks of a fire in the fireplace then it brings images of warmth, comfort and safety. Nothing can be compared with the comfortable feeling of sitting by warm fire in your fireplace on a cold night at your home. At the same time, homeowners must not ignore fire safety. Before using your fireplace, …
Chimney cleaning is one of the key step to prevent chimney fires. If you don’t use your fireplace often then you might not be aware as whether your chimney is clean or not. Indicators for chimney cleaning: Burned wood odors adventing from the fireplace due to lack of usage. Fires burn in a poor way …
The chimneys along with the fireplaces provide us warmth during cold days. They can however, have several ill-effects on our health. Of course, no one should live under fear and take timely steps for chimney cleaning to stay away from chimney and fireplace health hazards. Read on some of the ways that affects our health. …
The lining is one of the essential components of chimney and it proves to be a costly affair to replace it. Whenever you are facing the issue to pay the high cost of new flue, it helps to know why a liner should be replaced and what types of chimney lining are available. Read on …
While a fireplace helps to give additional warmth during cold days, most people agree that heat is nice but a fireplace’s real benefit relates more with atmosphere. Entertaining or relaxing by a fire creates an environment that a furnace, boiler or space heater cannot match. This environment tends to degenerate if your fireplace isn’t cleaned …
Many people enjoy the feeling and relaxing ambiance of a wood-burning fire. However, when it comes to fire in your home then it is important to keep your family safe. Before using your fireplace, make sure to clean it and make it safe for operation. If you have minimal use of fireplace or stove then …
The chimney walls in a fireplace used for wood burning leads to an accumulation of soot and debris which must be cleaned away. Tar and creosote build-up are flammable and leads to fire hazard. Chimney cleaning logs claim offer a cleaning alternative for the fireplace and chimney by hand which seems to be laborious task. …
Chimney maintenance is imperative if you own a fireplace. Deadly fires, chemical poisoining and expensive chimney repair are some of the serious consequence associated with lack or ignorance of chimney maintenance. Whether you want to know more about these dangers or whether you want to know as what to expect with chimney cleaning then read …
Everyone rely on chimney to channel smoke up and out but when the chimney’s inside or outside walls crack then it leads to serious problems. Mortar joints between stone or bricks start flaking. The main culprit behind the several issues in chimney is the freeze-thaw action of colder climates. Moisture makes it way into the …
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Fireplaces provides additional heating alternative for your home and creates a relaxing environment. The chimney thus removes smoke from the fireplace and vents it outside but still you can end up with smoke wafting through house. The smoke becomes worsen on a windy day and could be troublesome if you inhale over a longer period …
