Making use of your fireplace can be a great way to cut down on your heating costs and create a cozy atmosphere in your home. If...
Whenever you use a wood-burning fireplace, smoke emissions are created. There’s no way to avoid this completely, but there are things you can do to ensure you’re creating a minimal amount...
Can you heat a larger home with a single wood stove? It’s certainly possible to do, but you need to take several things into consideration....
Unless you have a vent-free fireplace, the first step you should take before lighting a fire in a wood-burning fireplace or gas fireplace is to...
You may have heard of using pellets as fuel for a fireplace. It’s a unique and great technology that comes with many benefits to the homeowner. Pellet-burning fireplaces...
There’s more to traditional masonry fireplaces than meets the eye. To the average observer, a fireplace is an appliance in which wood is burned, and a chimney...
“How important is a chimney inspection?” We hear this question a lot from residents in the tri-state area of Southwest Wisconsin, North Illinois and East Iowa....
You’ve finally decided it’s time for a fireplace. You know what kind you want, you know where it’s going to go in the home, and...
A chimney performs critical tasks in allowing smoke and toxins to be vented from the firebox to the outside air while providing a safe barrier...
