by Lou Curley | Aug 17, 2014 | Fire Safety
Everyone loves that slow burn that allows you to wake up to a toasty house in the morning. The best way to achieve this is to stuff the wood burning stove full and limit the amount of air it can pull in to burn the wood for the night. Unfortunately, that is the ideal...
by Lou Curley | Aug 17, 2014 | Chimney Inspection
The last few winters have progressively gotten worse it seems. Some blame it on global warming, others say it’s just a changing of the times. Whatever the reason, it’s been wreaking havoc on many homes and chimneys. Today I thought I’d put together a...
by Lou Curley | Aug 17, 2014 | Fire Safety
Winter 2014 in Delaware County was memorable to say the least. The Philadelphia area saw quite a bit of snow later into spring than normal, and the temperatures dropped rapidly on several occasions. I answered several calls for chimney problems throughout the season,...
by Lou Curley | Aug 17, 2014 | Fire Safety
I’d say it’s safe to say that you hadn’t really thought about the fact that an improperly working dryer exhaust system increases your power bill. I’m not going to bore you with a bunch of statistics, but I am going to toss out several numbers...
by Lou Curley | Aug 17, 2014 | Fire Safety
I’m sure that every time you do laundry you notice how much lint your lint trap catches. You have to clean it after every load, or it starts getting hot and not running as efficiently as it should. Today I’m going to go over some pretty boring, but...
