Have you ever experienced waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of animals going in and out of your chimney? Isn’t it just annoying? It’s not only disturbing, it can also destroy the inside of your chimney. Yes, it can cost you a fortune, and all because...
Chimney fires are scary in so many ways that the temptation to avoid thinking about them is almost irresistible. There are, however, good and bad ways to avoid thinking about these potentially explosive and massively destructive events. Mostly forgetting about chimney...
Rumford fireplaces hold lots of paradoxes, not the least of which is the generally accepted superiority of its advanced design relative to modern ones. The unusual and highly efficient dimensions and curves of these revolutionary fireplaces were conceived by an...
As we have recently learned too well, water can be as destructive as fire; our hearts still go out to those who suffered Sandy’s devastation. For chimneys, water can be more damaging than fire, and it does not have to reach flood level to cause it. Water is what...
