by Joe Shear | May 8, 2017 | Chimney Maintenance
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...
by Joe Shear | Jan 26, 2017 | Hiring a Chimney Sweep
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...
by Joe Shear | Jul 31, 2016 | Early Summer Inspections and Sweepings of Chimneys
Does anyone still have old-fashioned wall calendars made of paper? We do. The kind with great nature scenes and fine photography. They help with planning. We have no objection, however, if you do all your planning digitally on your device, as it’s called. (We wonder...
by Joe Shear | May 29, 2016 | Reasons For Chimney Odor
Some studies say women and children are better at detecting odors than men. (Notice we didn’t say “women and children smell better,” because that might be misinterpreted.) At Northeastern Masonry & Chimney, we’re not olfactory researchers, but if a woman or child...
by Joe Shear | Apr 12, 2016 | Dangers of Animals Trapped in Chimneys
Uninvited guests are sometimes rude. Sometimes they are beyond rude. They can be downright irritating, even dangerous, right? No, we’re not talking about human uninvited guests. We are referring to uninvited animal guests in your chimney. Critters such as squirrels,...
