Water, Water Everywhere!

Water, Water Everywhere!

Your chimney has NEVER leaked before! Why now? Well we’ve gotten more rain around here than we’ve had in 200 years, and the sad fact is – a chimney is just a big sponge. Like a sponge — when it gets saturated, the water will run out anywhere and anyhow it can....

3 Ways Water Ruins Your Chimney

Chimneys sure are high, but they are not necessarily dry. As one of Upstate South Carolina’s premier chimney service companies, those of us at Blue Sky Chimney Sweeps see water as your chimney’s biggest adversary. Unfortunately, it’s not at all difficult for water to...
Keeping Water Out

Keeping Water Out

We certainly get some interesting weather in South Carolina—hurricane leftovers, rain, and humidity among them. If you’ve got a masonry chimney, it’s going to be especially susceptible to water, since it’s made of porous materials. You can avoid costly repairs by...