No More Cold Winters with Sootmaster! Installing a fireplace can be a daunting task. Deciding on whether or not you want a masonry fireplace or a prefabricated fireplace is a major decision. The cost to install a prefabricated brick fireplace is $3,500 to $5,600 on...
Reasons Why You May Want an Inspection Inspections are professional examinations of the installation, condition, and structure of your chimney. An annual chimney inspection looks for buildup and blockages, damage, abnormalities, and hazards–and is an act of examining...
What You Should Do If an Animal Gets Stuck in Your Chimney First, it is important to identify what type of animal it is. If you hear chirping or flapping it’s probably a bird. If you hear scratching, sniffing, or clawing it is probably an animal. Once you have...
How Do I Clean My Chimney? There are 4 methods of cleaning chimneys, rod method tops down, rod method bottoms up, the weight method, and the dual-line method. The most common of these is the rod method, either top-down or bottom-up. The bottom-up method is a bit safer...
Signs Your Chimney Is Telling You Maybe it’s time to get it repaired. You can’t always tell by looking at it that your chimney isn’t safe and sound. There are, however, some visible signs that repair may be needed. In a masonry fireplace failing mortar joints...
How to clean fireplace bricks. If you have unsightly stains on your fireplace hearth or brick facade. There are ways to get it to look like new again. A fireplace can be difficult to clean. No matter how well you maintain your brick fireplace, using it will inevitably...
