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Ways to Fix Old Fireplaces in Historic Homes
So you have old fireplaces in a home from the early 1900's, or 1800's to 1700's? Historic homes with old fireplaces are often wide open or have broken dampers and hardware that rusted and rotted-out a long time ago. It is impossible to get parts for these old...
5 Places to Use a Smoke Pencil in a Fireplace to Test Air Leakage
How to use a Smoke Pencil in a fireplace to test for smoke draft, air leakage, or downdraft. Fireplaces are designed to move air. The Dept of Energy estimates the fireplace makes up 14% of a homes air leakage. But many times we do not want our fireplace to do move...
4 Reasons Chimney Balloons are a Bad Idea
You are probably saying to yourself: "Wait, aren't you the Chimney Balloon guy? Why would you tell me reasons Chimney Balloons are a bad idea?" The reasonĀ is, I am an honest guy. And there is no chimney plug or metal damper that is the absolute best for every kind of...