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Top 7 Must-Have Fireplace Accessories
The fireplace is a centerpiece of the home for many. It provides heat, creates a family gathering point and improves a room’s aesthetics. For safe and pleasant…
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Choosing the Proper Firewood For Your Fireplace
Selecting the right wood to burn in your home is important to your overall chimney health. Subtle changes like the woods moisture, how it was stored and…
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What’s the Difference between Chimney Flues & Dampers?
There’s a lot of terminology surrounding fireplace and chimney systems, and often it’s hard to know the real difference between one component and another. Chimney flues and…
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Downdrafts & Smoke Backup Causes
Fireplace/chimney systems are pretty basic until something goes wrong. When you’re experiencing smoke backing up into your home, you may not have a clue why it’s happening.…
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How To Stay Ahead Of Your Fireplace And Chimney Maintenance
While you’re sitting back and warming up to the glow of a burning fire in the fireplace, ash, soot, and other debris is collecting in the chimney.…
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What Can I Do About Cold Air Coming from My Fireplace?
Fireplaces and chimneys are open systems designed to provide a clear drafting path for smoke and toxins to exit into the outside air. However, that creates a…
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Why Fireplace Doors are Better than Screens
With smoke billowing out of the chimney on a chilly night, it must be winter. And with shorter periods of daylight, many homeowners are lighting the fireplace…
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What You Need to Know Before Using Your Fireplace the First Time
If you’ve just had a new fireplace built or installed, or if you’ve just moved into a home with a fireplace already in it, you’re in for…
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Does Your Firebox Need a Rebuild?
The chimney system is an important one in any home, and maybe the largest. This system includes the firebox, smoke chamber, flue, and various smaller parts, and…
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Fire safety tips for operating your fireplace
Chimneys bring their owners warmth and coziness year-round, but if they’re neglected for long, they can have quite the opposite effect. The good news is that by…
