Preventing Animal Intrusions

Although you may love the sounds of birds chirping, but do you want to hear them coming from your chimney? Because many trees are cut down for development, chimneys are popular alternative nesting spots for wild animals such as birds, bats, squirrels, and raccoons. At...
Diagnosing Chimney Odors

Diagnosing Chimney Odors

With warmer weather in the forecast, your fireplace is probably one of the last things on your mind right now. However, the heat and humidity of summer can cause certain things inside your chimney to release strong and unpleasant odors, which can end up inside your...
Animals in Your Chimney

Animals in Your Chimney

If you have been hearing chirping or scurrying sounds coming from your fireplace, you most likely have a bird, squirrel, raccoon, or other wild animals in your chimney. Due to trees being cut down for construction and development purposes, a wild animal can have a...

Lets Talk Chimney Caps

Chimney Caps: Protection for your Chimney During winter, chimneys are used to give warmth and comfort. You have to admit, fireplaces and chimneys are quite essential during the cold season. However, the weather conditions can be tough on your chimney; it has to endure...

Common Chimney Blockages

This probably sounds obvious, but in order for your chimney to work properly — ushering heat and potentially dangerous gases up from your firebox, out of your home — you need to have a clean and clear flue opening. Gases can move over and around some...