Fireplace and Chimney
All about your fireplace and chimney – building, repair, remodeling, cleaning, fuel, firewood and more.
by Full Service Chimney | Jul 24, 2015 | Chimney Repairs, Fireplace and Chimney
At Full Service Chimney we want to help you make decisions that are going to improve the quality of your home, two goals we want accomplished is to make your home safer and more comfortable for you. When it comes to making decisions most individuals make the best...
by Full Service Chimney | May 19, 2015 | Chimney Inspections
Fireplace Chimney Inspections Recently Jake, Sam, and Robert enjoyed visiting an old customer of ours to complete a yearly inspection and to service his masonry heaters and direct vent fireplace. Masonry heaters are a unique type of fireplace that heat up the whole...
by Full Service Chimney | May 12, 2015 | Chimney Repairs, Fireplace and Chimney, Flue News
Upon inspecting a chimney at a customer’s home in Shawnee, our CSIA certified technician Jake, found several gaps and cracks in the flue liner. When damages such as these are found in a chimney it becomes unsafe and can cause problems, from a smoke smell to...
by Full Service Chimney | May 7, 2015 | Chimney Repairs, Fireplace and Chimney
After completing an inspection on this home’s chimney in Overland Park Kansas our technicians found rust on the chase cover. More often than not when a home is built with a prefab chimney, to save money, the builder will make this chase cover out of galvanized...
by Full Service Chimney | Apr 29, 2015 | Fireplace and Chimney
Upon completing a chimney inspection, our CSIA certified technicians were surprised to find combustible material used as support for the hearth in front of the fireplace. Code requires the hearth and its supports to be free from combustibles beacuse of the heat...
by Full Service Chimney | Apr 15, 2015 | Fireplace and Chimney
Ritchie and Sam, 2 of our CSIA certified technicians, were called out to a customer’s home for a chimney cap install in Olathe, Kansas. The homeowner called after a day of heavy winds. Throughout the day he heard a rattling on his chimney and quickly noticed...