Fireplace Upgrades That Improve Heat, Efficiency, and Home Value A fireplace can be one of the most valuable features in your Indianapolis home, but if yours is outdated, inefficient, or underperforming, you may not be getting the most out of it. The good news is that...
Why Is My Fireplace Smoking? Diagnosing and Fixing Drafting Problems Few things are more frustrating than lighting a fire in your fireplace only to have smoke billow back into your living room instead of going up the chimney where it belongs. A smoking fireplace is...
Fireplace Maintenance: A Complete Guide for Indianapolis Homeowners Your fireplace is one of the hardest-working systems in your home during an Indianapolis winter. Between October and March, it provides warmth on freezing nights, creates a gathering space for your...
Though chimneys seem like simple structures, they’re actually planned using complex engineering. When you add gas appliances to your existing chimney system, it can cause significant problems with draft, flow, and safety. For that reason, many chimney technicians will...
When you need chimney repair for your Indianapolis home, it can seem as though the service you’re working with covers a wide range of different materials and parts. In this post, we’ll provide a chimney parts breakdown, and discuss the different materials and...
Designed to channel the smoke from your fireplace into your chimney’s flue and out of your home, your fireplace’s smoke chamber is a vital part of the drafting process. However, especially in older homes or homes that have had damage from very hot fires or chimney...
