by Jeff Keefer | Jan 5, 2017 | Carbon Monoxide
Your home houses many devices that create carbon monoxide: Your furnace, your fireplace or heating stove, your gas stove or oven, your clothing dryer, your water heater and your car, to name a few. We all know that these devices are perfectly safe when they are well...
by Jeff Keefer | Jun 27, 2014 | Chimney Maintenance, Fire Safety, Fireplace Maintenance
More and more each day we hear reports in the news about people dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. Of course these tragedies occur less frequently during the summer months but are all too common during the winter, especially when people first fire up their stoves...
by Jeff Keefer | Jan 29, 2014 | Chimney Maintenance
What goes on inside your chimney when the fire is roaring in your fireplace? Basic chemistry and physics play a critical role in the effectiveness and safety of your heating system.