by Marisa Bell | Chimney Cap, Chimney Maintenance
A chimney cap is an essential accessory for every home with a chimney. It plays an important role in protecting your house from water damage and fire. It also prevents critters from nesting in your chimney or getting into your home. While many homeowners are aware of...
by Jeremy Biswell | Animals in the Chimney
Birds are a welcome sign of spring. As they hop around the yard and fill the air with their songs, they add to the pleasant ambiance of the season and signal that warmer days are ahead. But birds aren’t always a pleasure in spring: Sometimes they find their ways into...
by Jeremy Biswell | Animals in the Chimney
As temperatures drop, animals begin to look for warm, dry places to seek shelter. All too often, chimneys seem like the perfect, inviting atmosphere: They’re dry, warm and uninterrupted, as long as the fireplace isn’t yet in use. For nocturnal animals, the chimney...
by Jeremy Biswell | Chimney Maintenance
As you ready your chimney for the fall, be sure to check your chimney cap! Your chimney cap should be securely in place, and it should be surrounded by a fine mesh cage to help keep out birds, bats and animals of all sorts. The problem with critters in chimneys Each...
by Jeremy Biswell | Chimney Maintenance
Your chimney cap plays an important role in maintaining the life of your chimney system. It protects your roof from dangerous sparks, keeps animals and debris out, and prevents moisture from entering and damaging your chimney. It is important that you do a visual...
