by Clifford Brand | Sep 3, 2020 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
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 Clifford Brand | Jul 30, 2018 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
A chimney sweep’s brush vs chimney sweeping logs. Do these logs really clean the chimney? I have been cleaning chimneys for 24 years now, and I get this question asked of me several times each year. I cannot speak for the cleaning logs because I have not...
by admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
Chimney cleaning in Portland occurs on a year-round basis. You may come across some homeowners who engage in DIY chimney cleaning projects, and you may consider chimney cleaning as an easy task. You could attempt to engage in chimney sweeping by yourself to...
by admin | Dec 27, 2017 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
Many homeowners would love to have a fireplace. Having a fireplace, however, also means keeping the chimney clean. This is an issue of safety, and you could risk the lives of people in your home if you forget about it. Let’s review why it is so important to keep...
by Clifford Brand | Dec 20, 2017 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
A home is not created in a single day. You may purchase a house but to transform that house into your home takes a lot of hard work and dedication on your part. There are many aspects to which you have to give repeated attention to ensure the safety and security of...
by Clifford Brand | Dec 17, 2016 | Chimney cleaning and inspections
The question of whether the creosote sweeping log and products like it actually works comes up from time to time. These products often claim that by burning them for a set amount of time that they can either reduce or prevent the build up of creosote deposits in your...
