Fireplace and Chimney
All about your fireplace and chimney – building, repair, remodeling, cleaning, fuel, firewood and more.
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...
by Full Service Chimney | Apr 14, 2015 | Chimney Repairs, Fireplace and Chimney
Two of our CSIA certified chimney technicians, Zack and Sam arrived at our customer Jeff’s home in Prairie Village, Kansas. Jeff had explained over our original appointment phone call, that a HVAC guy had mentioned bricks collapsing inside a chimney in Prairie...
by Full Service Chimney | Mar 31, 2015 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Inspections, Chimney Maintenance, Common Problems, Fire Safety
SHAWNEE, Kan. – Most house fires during the winter happen between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. because that’s when most people are using the fire place. That is exactly what happened to a family whose home caught fire in Shawnee , Kan., off Johnson Drive near W 59th...
by Full Service Chimney | Mar 31, 2015 | Chimney Cleaning
Though we’ve had a relatively mild winter, many people still enjoy the charm of lighting a fire in their fireplace. Using those chimneys is what keeps Robert Berry and his wife, Mary Jo, busy. They own Full Service Chimney, which specializes in maintaining and...
