Fireplace and Chimney
All about your fireplace and chimney – building, repair, remodeling, cleaning, fuel, firewood and more.
3 Easy Ways to Check for a Leaky Chimney
Every year, during May and moving through June, (the rainiest month of the year in Kansas City), we start getting calls from customers experiencing leaky problems, and we wonder how much rain can a leaky chimney take? The answer is two-fold, a chimney can survive all...
Animals in Chimney
Animals get stuck in chimneys all the time. The question is what can you do to prevent it? With warmer weather quickly approaching, our technicians are ready for animal-related chimney problems. Whenever we hear that an animal has entered a fireplace or chimney flue...
Prefab Chimney Chase Cover Install
Will a new chase cover installation help stop leaks and structural damages on a prefab chimney? Yes, and we discuss it further in this post and what type of metal cover you should buy. Plus, show you some before and after example images displaying what to expect after...
Upside Down Fire Techniques Compared
If you have a home and hearth, chances are you’ve built a few fires and developed your own methods for the best way to stack wood in a fireplace. In our opinion, the best fire-building technique is the Upside Down Fire. In this post, we compare different...