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Living in Colorado Springs means dealing with wild weather. We have hot, sunny days, heavy snowstorms, and freezing nights. While we love the changing seasons, this weather is very hard on your house. It is especially hard on your brick chimney. Your chimney stands...

Winter in Colorado Springs is beautiful, but the cold weather means you need a reliable way to heat your home. Many people choose pellet stoves because they are highly efficient and easy to use. Instead of chopping heavy firewood, you just pour a bag of small wood...

When winter arrives in Colorado, you want to light a warm fire. But first, you need a clean chimney to keep your family safe from a house fire. The question is: who do you hire to do the job? If you search online, you will see many choices. You might read Midtown...

You look up at your roof and see a metal box sitting on top of your chimney. Or maybe you don't see anything at all just an open hole. Many homeowners ask us: "What is a flue cap, and do I really need one?" The simple answer is: Yes. In Colorado Springs, a chimney cap...

Winter in Colorado Springs is beautiful, but it is also cold. There is nothing better than lighting a fire to warm up. But before you strike that match, you probably searched for fireplace cleaning Colorado Springs to make sure it's safe. You are smart to check. A...

You light your wood stove, looking forward to a warm evening. But suddenly—PUFF. A cloud of gray smoke bursts out of the stove and into your living room. Instead of a cozy fire, you are coughing and opening windows. This is called back puffing. It happens when smoke...

When you look at your fireplace, you probably just see the bricks and the fire. But your chimney is actually a complex machine. It has many parts working together to keep smoke moving out and heat staying in. Understanding the parts of a chimney can help you spot...

You walk into your living room and stop. You smell something gross. Maybe it smells like a wet dog, a stale campfire, or something rotting. You look around, but the smell is coming from your fireplace. A smelly chimney is a very common problem in Colorado Springs,...

When brick gets wet and temps swing below freezing, water inside the brick turns to ice and expands. That push widens tiny pores and hairline cracks. Melt, refill, refreeze, repeat. The brick surface flakes, mortar loosens, and gaps grow. This is freeze-thaw damage,...