How Does CO Get Into Your Home? Being proactive instead of reactive can save your life and the lives of everyone in your home. Understanding the dangers associated with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is extremely important for everyone, as prevention is the key to...
Unless you are both a scientist and adventurous enough to stick your head inside your fireplace and up your chimney, you probably don’t know what could be inside blocking your chimney. Well New Buck Chimney Sweeps is a professional company that doesn’t mind getting a...
Air Quality in a Home with a Chimney In today’s world a lot of attention is being paid to the environment and rightfully so. Discussions of rising sea levels and of air quality dominate the nation’s collective conversation as we face an ever-growing need to be aware...
Waterproofing Your Chimney Fire is often targeted as being the biggest danger to a chimney structure, but believe it or not, its opposite actually tops the list. Water is the most common cause of damage to masonry chimneys, and is more damaging than fire, not just to...
Stinky Fireplace Is there an odor coming from your fireplace, long after you’ve had a fire? Rather than plugging your nose or lighting a candle, it’s important for homeowners to know that this is not something you just have to live with. The following information can...
Setting Proper Expectations for an Annual Chimney Inspection Sometimes an annual chimney inspection is thought of like a dental appointment; it’s been too long and so there is bound to be an issue. The issue turns into a root canal in your mind so you just keep...
Keeping Your Fireplace Animal-Free Birds are beautiful to watch, but you really don’t want them taking up residence in your chimney. Keeping your fireplace system free of animals, birds and their debris is essential to maintaining it in good condition. If one makes...
