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Chimney Services » Safety

Sometimes the lowest bid isn’t the best bid.

by Eron Armour | Feb 19, 2018 | Chimney, Chimney Inspection, Chimney Problems, Chimney Sweep, Safety

BOSTON – A chimney collapsed in Back Bay – leaving a huge hole in the roof a brownstone on Beacon Street. http://www.fox25boston.com/news/chimney-collapse-under-investigation-in-back-bay/702966259

Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in deaths of two adults in Grant County

by Eron Armour | Feb 15, 2018 | Safety, Wood Burning Stove

Sad and tragic but also avoidable. Natural gas and propane fireplaces and stoves need regular maintenance and service just like wood stoves and fireplaces need sweeping. Please install CO detectors and change your CO batteries annually. 🙁 Carbon monoxide poisoning...

Never use accelerants to start your wood burning stove

by Eron Armour | Jan 18, 2017 | Chimney Fire, Safety, Wood Burning Stove

This is a sad, tragic story and unfortunately all too common. Never use an accelerant in your wood burning heater. This is an excerpt from a Blaze King woodstove manual: Never use gasoline, gasoline type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar...

Dirty clogged chimneys don’t draft!

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...

Pot-bellied pigs die in shed fire

by Eron Armour | Jan 16, 2015 | Chimney, Chimney Sweep, Coeur d'Alene, Safety

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_1052f5bd-ee8e-527b-820b-5ee69758d7f6.html BRIAN WALKER/bwalker@cdapress.com POST FALLS – A fire that destroyed a shed in Post Falls on Wednesday killed four of the 15 pot-bellied pigs inside. The 25-by-30-foot shop...

A log rolled out of the fireplace and ignited the carpet and furniture.

by Eron Armour | Feb 28, 2014 | Chimney Sweep, Safety

There should be an 18″ minimum non-combustible hearth extension in front of the fireplace to help prevent accidents like this. I pray for the affected. http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_54b7dbd8-a0aa-11e3-bb2d-001a4bcf887a.html Cause of fire...
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