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June 8, 2022

Phillip Batts

Summer Cleaning and Maintenance Checklist for Your Chimney

With the summer season in full swing, it's the perfect time for chimney maintenance. Doing this during summer can ensure your chimney is clean, safe and ready by the time fall and winter weather sets in again. It's also better to do it sooner so that you won't have to [...]

June 2, 2022

Phillip Batts

Why Your Gas Fireplace Still Needs a Proper Chimney Cleaning

A traditional wood-burning fireplace requires regular cleaning to clear out the ash and carbon that have collected in the firebox and chimney. This can be tedious and costly at times, which is why many homeowners switch to gas fireplaces instead. But because they don't burn wood, do gas fireplaces still [...]

March 9, 2022

Phillip Batts

Chimney Chase Covers: A Quick Overview

Understanding the parts of your chimney and their respective functions allows you to properly maintain the entire system. One important component you should know about is the chase cover or chase pan. It is the square or rectangular piece of metal that is fitted on top of your chimney chase. [...]

August 24, 2021

Phillip Batts

How to Hire the Right Chimney Sweep

Proper care and maintenance of your chimneys, wood stoves and fireplaces can help protect you from unnecessary fires and carbon monoxide poisonings. When trying to hire someone to clean your fireplace chimney, you may run into some issues, not knowing where to start. The details can often be overwhelming. (more…)

August 3, 2021

Phillip Batts

Why It’s Important to Close Your Damper in The Summer

People rarely use their chimneys in the summer, so most of them do not even give these structures much attention. This is the time for chimney repair and maintenance, and it is also when you would close off the chimney., though some people make the mistake of leaving the chimney dampers open [...]