by Lou Curley | Sep 17, 2014 | Fire Safety
Everyone loves the relaxing sight of a fireplace, especially in winter. If you have little ones around or are expecting them in the near future, you need to think about the dangers of your fireplace and how to protect your children from it. I’m not saying close up...
by Lou Curley | Sep 16, 2014 | Fire Safety
A fireplace or wood stove is wonderful to have during the cold winter months. It’s so nice to be able to start a fire to get rid of that early morning or late night chill. September is already here, and fall weather is settling in nicely. Please don’t light the first...
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 | 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...
