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The Importance of Reviewing Your Chimney Sweep Online
Whenever you hire someone to provide a professional service in your home, it is important to know how reputable and trustworthy that person is. This helps you from possibly getting scammed by a dishonest business. In addition, it can ensure your safety when it comes...
Carbon Monoxide FAQ
Every time you light a fire in your fireplace, carbon monoxide is produced as one of the byproducts of combustion. This toxic gas is also present any time you burn fuel in stoves, furnaces, gas ranges, grills, automobiles, and other appliances. What makes carbon...
Closing Out Your Fireplace for the Season
It may just feel like yesterday that you were lighting the first fire of the year. However, warmer weather is on the way, and it is almost time to close up your fireplace for the season! Getting your fireplace cleaned up after the winter is part of a smart home...
Reduce Fireplace Fire Hazards This Winter
As much as you love relaxing in front of the cozy and warm fireplace, you should always remember that fire is one of the most dangerous elements on earth. Knowing the best safety practices to follow is very important every time you light a fire in your home. Because...
How Cold Weather Can Damage Your Masonry
The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) has called water the biggest enemy of masonry chimneys. However, there is one thing making it even more destructive: cold weather! While your chimney was built to last a lifetime, it can suffer damage during the winter....
Start the New Year with a New Fireplace
One of the best ways to start the new year? Improve the energy efficiency of your home! Unfortunately, your traditional wood-burning fireplace does not provide much warmth to your living space. Plus, you have to turn up the thermostat on your furnace to compensate,...
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Dangers of Creosote
The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and other national fire safety organizations all recommend having your chimney professionally swept and inspected every year. This is to ensure your fireplace works...
What to Do with Your Family in Front of the Fireplace This Holiday Season
The most popular gathering spot in your home over the holidays always seems to end up being the area around your fireplace. You know you can always just relax and have conversations with out-of-town guests. So, this year, having some different and new activities to do...
Chimney Leaks & Water Damage
Over the years of working on chimneys in the Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Chimney Services has seen the amount of damage that can occur to a chimney. This is especially true when a water leak has been neglected. The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) warns of...
Why Choose A Gas Fireplace
Cold weather is just around the corner and Blue Ridge Chimney Services is here! We want to help you make sure you are heating your home as effectively and as economically as possible. Wanting to update your older masonry fireplace and increase the heating efficiency?...