The summer offers a chance to tend to chimney matters that can’t be addressed when smoke is pouring out of it — namely, in the colder months. Let’s discuss summer chimney issues, as well as maintenance and repair opportunities the summer provides. Chimney Odor Odor,...
A professional chimney inspection is in your best interest. It’s like hiring a structural engineer to inspect your house’s foundation or having a licensed electrician inspect your wiring if things keep shorting out. Annual Chimney Inspection Our typical annual chimney...
Stay ahead of the fall frenzy and have your chimney inspected and swept this summer. Northeastern Masonry & Chimney gets busy with inspections in the fall. Schedule your fall chimney inspection and sweeping now. No one likes a busy signal. Call 518-767-9315 now....
Chimney sweeping logs have some value. Many people use them to clean their chimney. But chimney sweeping logs have limited value. They don’t yield the benefits of a professional chimney sweep. Northeastern Masonry & Chimney is glad to share with you three solid...
Let’s play alphabet soup. DIY. FYI. CSIA. NMAC. FRACAS. What do these acronyms or initialisms stand for? Do it yourself. For your information. Chimney Safety Institute of America. Northeastern Masonry & Chimney. Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action...
They say timing is everything, and that’s so true. What about having your chimney swept: what’s the best timing for that? Northeastern Masonry & Chimney doesn’t have a magic answer along the lines of “only on April 1,” or “every last Tuesday in October.” It...
We’ve seen one robin already. No lie. Before you know it, the corn will be “as high as an elephant’s eye” and we’ll be singing “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’. ” How do you care for your chimney after the winter’s snow and cold and ice and rain? Sure, your fireplace and...
Smoke billowing from your fireplace into your den. Who you gonna call? A chimney sweep. (Better yet, call 911 first.) Bad odors from your chimney. Who you gonna call? A chimney sweep. Critters making noises up in the chimney. Who you gonna call? A chimney sweep. Get...
Despite popular culture, the chimney sweep you hire does not need to know how to spell “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Nor does your chimney sweep have to know how to sing “Chim Chim Cher-ee” from “Mary Poppins”. More seriously, though, several...
It’s only human nature to seek the easiest and least costly way of doing something. Such innovations are often, though not always, the mark of progress. Take the case of chimney sweeping, a traditionally dirty job, as any viewer of “Mary Poppins” can attest. Along...
