A beautifully dressed mantle provides a great deal of holiday cheer, but mantle decorations also can provide a fire hazard. When you’re preparing your mantel for the holidays, be sure to keep our mantle decorating safety tips in mind to keep your home and family safe...
It’s easy to think of your chimney as this decorative, yet invincible attachment to your home that doesn’t need to be regularly maintained. At the risk of sounding repetitive, once again we return to the importance of having your chimney and fireplace inspected and...
In the mundane details of life, cleaning the dryer vents is never at the top of anyone’s list of things to do…and wouldn’t it be weird if it were? Nevertheless, it should be more of a priority than people give it. Gathering the lint on a regular basis is an easy habit...
Whenever you burn a solid fuel (wood, coal or pellets) in your stove, fireplace or insert, you will be left with ashes that need to be removed sooner or later. These ashes must be removed periodically, as they can affect the performance and durability of your unit....
Over 25,000 chimney fires in the U.S. last year were responsible for over $120 million in property damage. Chimney fires can quickly spread into house fires in a relatively short period of time. No one ever wants to experience a chimney fire, or worse yet a fire in...
With things like carpools, soccer practices, and all of the other family-related activities you deal with on a regular basis, it should come as no surprise that some things, often through no fault of your own, take a back seat to everything else that’s going on. One...
