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An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and have caused about 5 deaths, 100 injuries, and $35 million in property loss. Cleaning the lint trap will help in this but nothing is more critical than having a professional come to your home and clean your dryer vent pipe to assure the safety of your home and family with this appliance.
Read articleYou probably landed here because you wanted to know the EPA regulations for Wood Heaters, and more specifically the List of all the approved wood stoves and fireplaces that are permitted to be sold and installed in Colorado. Basically, What kind of wood stove can I install in Colorado? What days can I use a fireplace in Denver? Is it a No Burn Day today? You will find all of that on this blog post about Colorado air quality and approved fireplaces for Colorado.
Read articleHiking and Backpacking near Boulder Colorado is a hobby for locals and visitors alike. From Estes Park to Winter Park you can see some of the most beautiful mountains in the Rocky Mountains.
Read articlePeople may never ask it but we all wonder. That is why we stare into campfires. We even fall into a trance-like state gazing at the dancing flames. How does wood burn in my fireplace? Will that edge of the log burn before that twig on the side? What is the meaning of life anyways? Chemists can describe the precise chemical equation of how carbon-based wood oxidizes into water and minerals while releasing light and heat… but there is still a magical effect that will never pass away. We will never grow tired of looking into the fire. The romance of the fireplace will endure forever. It is often around the family fireplace that we have the most significant conversations in the human experience. The young man asks the father of the bride for her hand in marriage. Fathers read stories to their children. Lovers stay up late at night talking and throwing sticks on the fire. At Midtown Chimney Sweeps we get that. We want you to enjoy the fire. So with that, lets us lay the foundation in the next two paragraphs for understanding the three stages of combustion to get a handle on this intriguing and dramatic oxidation process.
Read articleChimney inspections and repairs often require a unique skill set. Like pseudo-acrobatic skills documented in this photo of a Midtown Chimney technician. Here he is fully submerged in an enclosed attic space that could only be accessed from a hole in the roof. Tight spots and high places punctuated by periodic rain and snow while examining roof leaks- this is what makes the inspection process unique. While most of the time our Level II real estate chimney inspections can be done from the level, warm comfort of the hearth indoors, some times one must simply ascend the heights to document the chimney top for himself. Midtown Chimney Sweeps has created a quality chimney scanning camera that allows most of the flue interior inspection process to be completed from the inside of the home. This reduces the need for chimney inspection acrobatics!
Read articleMan and fire. Mankind versus the elements. Some battles rage on regardless of cultural and political boundaries or enemy occupation. The Great Frost of 1709 covered Western Europe and caused so many deaths that it was likened to an invading army. The Dutchess of Orleans wrote in a letter to her aunt in Germany that she had never been so cold in her life- and she was wrapped in furs sitting next to a roaring fireplace. A rich man can freeze as easily as a poor man. Central heat may come and modern boilers may go. But there is no heat like that of an open wood burning fireplace. That is why the fireplace will never die.
Read articleThe birds are chirping and the weather is finally shifting to the warmer side of the thermometer. The windows are beginning to open and those of us who live in colder climates are seeing the first sights of our yards as the snow melts.
Read articleExperts recommend that chimneys are swept and inspected annually whether or not the fireplace is being used. A dirty chimney can cause chimney fires...which damage structures…destroy homes and injure people.
Read articleAlmost every home in America uses a dryer. It runs almost everyday. Hundreds and Hundreds of loads every year. How often are we even paying attention to this appliance? It produces pounds of dryer lint during its lifetime and it literally contains an electric heating element right next to the most flammable accidental firestarter.
Read articleThis is going to be your new favorite product to bring to a clients home! Not only will they love the demonstration but they will love you for trying to offer them an everyday product that works to help keep them safer in between sweeps!
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