by Eron Armour | Feb 20, 2015 | Chimney Fire, Chimney Inspection
“Chimney fires are the second leading cause of house fires and the third leading cause of house fire deaths.” The worst thing is chimney fires are preventable! Have your chimney swept annually to prevent problems. EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) – Chimney...
by Eron Armour | Feb 19, 2015 | Chimney Fire, Chimney Problems
This type of chimney fire is 100% preventable with proper chimney cleaning. Routine and proper chimney sweeping may included rotary sweeping, rotary de-glazing or treatment with a creosote modifier and re-sweeping. Luckily for the residents there was only smoke...
by Eron Armour | Feb 18, 2015 | Chimney Fire, Chimney Inspection
These people got lucky. In this case the stove connector or flue was probably improperly installed, possibly an unlisted chimney flue pipe, connector or pass through or one of these parts not meeting the necessary clearance to the combustible wall. Nine times out of...
by Eron Armour | Feb 10, 2015 | Chimney Sweep, Masonry
Masonry chimneys stand in the weather all their lives and over time without weather proofing they begin to deteriorate, slowly at first then they seem to reach a tipping point and then they go down hill exponentially fast. The chimney crowns soften and...
by Eron Armour | Feb 8, 2015 | Chimney Problems, Safety, Wood Burning Stove
When a chimney doesn’t draft you get heavier build up quicker, smoking issues, glazed creosote build up and inefficient combustion just to name few issues. This chimney, lined with a stainless steel flue liners, vented a hearth stove that was installed on the...
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