by Cliff | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
You stand in your yard, coffee or beer in hand, and look up at your chimney. You can clearly see that there is loose mortar between the bricks, or that even some of the mortar joints have fallen out, and suddenly dollar signs are flashing in front of your eyes. You...
by Cliff | Sep 3, 2020 | Chimney cleaning and inspections, Woodstove Repairs
When the EPA started to crack down on wood stove emissions, the early technology utilized catalytic converters to help clean up the emissions from the stove. Over time these converters can become brittle. Sometimes it gets as bad as when the chimney sweep pulls it out...
by Cliff | Feb 3, 2020 | Brick and stone chimney repair, Cinder block chimney repairs
A customer had called and wanted a bid to replace their entire chimney because it looked like this disaster.(click on photos to enlarge): We came up with a brilliant solution, which was to resurface the faces of the damaged block and paint the chimney! ...
by Cliff | Aug 3, 2018 | Chimney cleaning and inspections, Removing non- EPA certified wood-stoves, Woodstove insert (into a fireplace) installation
Chimney sweeps in Portland Oregon are having to deal less and less with un-lined woodstove inserts. Back in the ancient days wood stove inserts ( a wood stove that has been set into an open fireplace ) were not installed with a stainless steel liner being...
by Cliff | Jul 30, 2018 | Chimney rain caps/spark arrestors, Home fire safety for you and your family
A spark arresting chimney rain cap installation is a smart move for several reasons. These caps are tight-fitting metal chimney caps that reduce spark output into the environment. They are made of galvanized steel, stainless steel, copper, etc. This year I have...
