Down-to-earth chimney help for Delaware homes, sweep frequency, flue fires, leaks, caps, liners, and how to hire a sweep.
What every Delaware homeowner should know about how much does a chimney cleaning cost, explained without the sales pitch.
Read more →The historic homes around downtown Delaware have beautiful, hardworking fireplaces, and decades of use leave their mark inside the flue. Here is what creosote really is, why older chimneys are especially prone to it, and how to keep a historic hearth safe.
Read more →The clay liner inside an older chimney is the part that keeps heat and gases where they belong, and when it cracks the chimney is no longer safe to burn. Here are the signs a Delaware homeowner can watch for and why relining is the real fix.
Read more →Water is the single biggest enemy of a masonry chimney, and the central Ohio freeze-thaw cycle turns it into a slow wrecking machine. Here is how the damage happens and how to stop water before it does.
Read more →Owners of newer homes in the subdivisions around Delaware often assume a modern chimney looks after itself. It does not. Here is why a new fireplace still needs annual attention and what new construction can get wrong.
Read more →A chimney cap is a small, inexpensive piece of hardware that prevents some of the most expensive chimney problems there are. Here is everything a Delaware County homeowner should understand about what a cap does and why an open flue is a costly mistake.
Read more →How you build and feed a fire changes how much heat you get, how much creosote you create, and how safe your chimney stays. Here is a practical guide for Delaware homeowners to burning cleaner and safer all winter.
Read more →Book an inspection and our Delaware sweeps looks it over, tells you what we find, then handles the whole job under one roof.