Two common causes for these fires occurring more often in late December and early January: Burning of wrapping paper and old trees after Christmas. – Burning materials aside from the designated fuel can result in a devastating chimney fire, but in reality, even...
Everybody knows that dry hardwood is the only wood to burn. Or do they? Here’s another tidbit from SNEWS (Chimney Sweep News). Give Blue Sky Chimney Sweeps|Bless Your Hearth a call today to talk to us about servicing and maintaining your fireplace or woodstove and...
Buying a house? Why both professional perspectives are a necessary “evil” if your dream house has a chimney. One is almost always required and the other often is considered optional. But is it really? SNEWS (Chimney Sweep News) comes through again with insightful...
Often folks think we are way too persnickety when we all something out that no one else has ever seen a problem with. Here’s just one of the things we’ve learned about that can be a hidden problem with serious consequences. The following is reprinted, with permission,...
Well, of course, we all did, but human nature is such that most of us will “put off until tomorrow” what we could do today. That’s just the way it is. You know it; we know it, and it’s ok. So here we are staring cold weather in the face and we still haven’t done the...
