Category: Chimney Caps
Signs of a Chimney Fire
If you believe you may have experienced a chimney fire, these are some of the signs to check for.
Chimney Swift Birds
Chimney swifts are birds that migrate to the United States in the spring, and actually live in chimneys. Guest expert Jerry Isenhour give us tips for keeping these federally protected birds out of your chimney.
How to Install a Chimney Cap
Stainless steel chimney caps are great for keeping out unwanted precipitation, animals, and debris. This video covers the installation of both single-flue and multi-flue caps.
Winter Safety Checklist
This winter, fires will be ablaze in fireplaces across the country. The holidays are fast approaching and with the holidays comes the family, the friends, and the parties, and man can it get cold. Make sure that your fireplace isn’t going to cause any problems or be a danger to this season by taking a [...]
Chimney Caps
Chimney caps, which protect your flue system, come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and styles. Watch this video to get a quick overview of the many different types of caps that are on the market today.
Chimney Cap Cleaning
Each year before you begin to burn your fireplace, it is prudent to inspect your chimney cap. After a year, animals may have gotten debris stuck in the wire mesh that keeps animals out of the chimney in the first place or creosote may have clogged it up in extreme cases. You want to inspect [...]
How to Install a Chimney Cap
One important thing to remember when it comes to installing a chimney cap on your own is to remember to wear protective gloves! Often times, stainless steel or other metal chimney caps have extremely sharp edges. Similarly, if the chimney cap you have purchased has instructions from the manufacturer, those should be followed instead of [...]
Chimney Flue Cap Reviews
Chimney professionals all over the country recommend that any chimney flue be capped. Caps are extremely useful in that they protect the flue system from rain that falls straight down. Although this is rare, rain falling with no wind, that water that falls straight down into the flue system will greatly increase creosote production. Chimney [...]
Fireplace Dampers
What is a damper? Customers often call in saying that their “flue” is broken or needs to be repaired because it won’t work properly. The flue is actually what lines the chimney, whether that be clay tiles or a stainless steel liner. The damper, however, opens and closes manually to either keep the warm air [...]
Chimney Caps Explained
What is a chimney cap and what is the purpose of having one? There are many, many homes in the United States that do not have a chimney cap mounted on the chimney, and, on rare occasions, some people never need to install one. It is required by most building codes to have a chimney [...]
