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Making Your Home Cozy for Winter

As the weather cools down outside we spend more time indoors enjoying our homes. You want your home to feel cozy and inviting in the fall and winter months and add some warmth into your home’s atmosphere. Read on to find out how to transition your home during the colder months, and how to make…

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Tips for a Great Fire!

If you have a fireplace or woodstove in your home, you have the opportunity for cozy nights, warming up your rooms, and adding beauty and character to your home. But if you can’t get the fire started, you won’t be able to enjoy all the great benefits! If you are a fireplace or woodstove owner…

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Birds in Your Chimney?

Have you heard any unusual noises or chirping coming from your chimney? If it is between spring and early winter, you could be hearing chimney swifts. These tiny birds migrate north from South America and return when the cold weather starts to set in. These birds are harmless, but you may not want them living…

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Summertime Care for Your Fireplace or Wood Stove

It’s summer, no need to think about your chimney, right? Wrong! Summer is the perfect time to address your fireplace or wood stove chimney to ensure that everything is in working order come fall. Summer is when chimney cleaning companies are not as busy, and can work you into their schedules more easily. You also…

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Why You Should Hire a Pro Chimney Sweep

Don’t Try DIY: Why You Should Hire a Chimney Sweep This Spring

The weather is warming, spring is coming, and your chimney most likely needs a cleaning! After burning wood all winter, your fireplace or wood stove will be ready for a spring cleaning. It is recommended that you clean your chimney once a year, and spring time is a great time to prepare for the next…

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Logs and Fire Banner

Choosing the Proper Firewood

The fireplace should be a focal point of your home. In times past, before technology invaded the living room, the hearth was where everything happened. The fireplace was used to cook, for light and, most importantly, to warm the home. The practice of cutting firewood was an affair that lasted all summer and for some,…

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Wood Shake Home With a Brick Chimney

Pre-Fire Inspections for Your Chimney

The Maryland winter cold is just beginning to seep in, that miserable biting chill that seems to drip off of the trees in the still mornings. The time to use your fireplace is quickly approaching, but is it ready? How do you know if your fireplace, flue and chimney are ready for use? The only…

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Bird Resting on a Branch

Critters in the Chimney

Do you ever think about your chimney? I mean, do you really think about it when the weather is warm and the fires are not burning. Probably not, it is just like the air conditioner in your car, it is never a sure thing it will work until that first hot day in spring. If…

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White Home With Steep Roofline and Chimney

Fire Inside

Fire: The magical entity that inspires a million different poetic clichés, sports references and is even used to describe people with red hair. It is used as the benchmark of human discovery on this planet, how many times have you heard the adage of humans discovering fire? We love fire, we depend on fire to…

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Cozy Fireplace With Fire Lit

The Weather Outside Is…

The winter is right around the corner and you can almost hear the sleighbells of that jolly red-suited fella. You know who I am talking about and it is not Spiderman. Ok so maybe winter is officially six-months away and in the midst of the summer heat it is difficult to think about sitting in…

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