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What To Expect When You Have Your Chimney Swept

Don’t be surprised if you can’t reach anything but an answering machine when you call for an appointment with a chimney sweep to have your chimney cleaned, especially if you are calling between September and December. And email sent to the chimney sweep is often not seen for a day or two because most chimney […]

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Chemical Chimney Cleaners: Cleaning A Chimney

Chemical chimney cleaners are advertised and you’ve seen advertisements for products touted to “clean your chimney.” Are they effective? Are such products a replacement for the services of live, trained, professional chimney sweeps? Chemical chimney cleaning products intended to treat creosote deposits are available in numerous forms, including chemically-impregnated sawdust/wax firelogs, powders intended to be

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Fireplace Chimney Smokes? Wood Stove Chimney Smokes? Why?

Why does my fireplace chimney smoke? Why does my wood stove chimney smoke? This is probably the most common question that homeowners ask  chimney sweeps. It’s also one of the questions I most frequently heard from my customers as an in-the-field chimney sweep. The updraft or pull in a flue (passageway for smoke or combustion

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Find a Good Chimney Sweep

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Finding a good chimney sweep can be difficult..!!  Especially since there are few cities which regulate the chimney sweep industry.  Most homeowners are not aware of the training necessary to do chimney sweeping and chimney inspection work correctly.  Other trades such as plumbers, electricians, and contractors, require licensing in most jurisdictions to protect the public,

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