Spring Clean Your Fireplace

Fireplace Maintenance

There are things that you can do year-round to make sure that your fireplace stays in good shape. In the winter, you’ll want to make sure that you use the right type of wood so that there isn’t an additional amount of creosote build-up on the interior of your chimney....

Understanding Your Smoke Chamber

Fireplace Maintenance

Everyone can name some parts of a chimney system. The hearth, the mantle, the dampers, the flue, the chimney cap – you probably know what part each of these plays in burning a fire in your fireplace. Some parts are lesser known. Take the smoke chamber, for example....