Painting your brick chimney may sound like a good way to spruce up your home, but painted chimneys come with so many problems that you might consider them more trouble than they're worth.
Month: March 2011
Have you experienced a chimney fire, a lightning strike, wind damage, or an earthquake recently? Watch this video for instructions on how to identify this kind of damage and file a sudden occurance...
This video tells you about some of the problems a chimney sweep frequently encounters, and how these problems are dealt with.
Chimney fires are often caused by wood stoves that do not have a liner. This causes creosote to build up, and possibly ignite. In order to avoid a damaging chimney fire, be sure to have a chimney...
If you notice rust stains on the top of your chimney chase cover, you need to replace it quickly before water starts to leak into your chimney. We recommend using stainless steel, for a more...
Painted brick on the exterior of your home No one told us at the paint store that when you are buying exterior paint, not to paint on the chimney, that it would become the beginning of a whole host...