Patrick Buell

Prevent Animals from Entering Your Chimney this Spring and Summer

As the warm weather arrives and nature springs back to life, it's important to be aware of the potential risks posed by animals entering your chimney. Every year, numerous critters seek refuge in chimneys across the United States, causing damage and posing potential...

Preparing Your Chimney for Hurricane Season: Essential Tips from the Pros

As the summer heat approaches and the skies darken, we find ourselves at the brink of another hurricane season. This time of the year brings about the need for diligent preparation to safeguard our homes and loved ones. While most people focus on securing windows,...

How do you tell if bats are in your chimney?

Got Bats In your Chimney? Bats are the only flying mammals! This makes them one of the most common mammals to get into chimneys!  Telling what type of animal is in your chimney can be very helpful when calling someone for an animal removal! So, how do you tell if bats...

A Fireplace Chimney Clean-Out Keeps The House Safe

Any place with a fireplace needs to get its fireplace chimney cleaned out regularly, to enjoy optimal and safe heating. A clogged chimney not only leads to inefficient wood-burning but also carries fire risk. Besides, it causes harmful indoor pollution. Advantages of...
Five Top Ways of Cleaning Your Chimney

Five Top Ways of Cleaning Your Chimney

Chimney sweeps should occur annually or more especially in the winter. You can do this with the help of professionals or you can do it yourself. You can get help with the chimney cleaning from websites or professionals. Do not be afraid to get help and review the...

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At Home Cleaning Tips for Your Chimney

At Home Cleaning Tips for Your Chimney

Being a homeowner is a huge deal. One should have pride especially if their home has a working fireplace and chimney. Purchasing a home with a fireplace, it is important to maintain the functionality. It is important to not just enjoy it to the fullest in the cold...

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An Unexpected Guest In Your Chimney?

An Unexpected Guest In Your Chimney?

Humane Animal Removal Did you just hear chirping, scuffles, the flapping of feathers, or any other sounds that critters make? If so, then you're in the right place. First of all, do not smoke them out! Instead, take the humane way and call SootAway. We provide a...

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Noticeable Damages During Inspections

Noticeable Damages During Inspections

Imagine what your chimney looks like. Are you having a hard time picturing the current state of your chimney? Are you noticing the small chips and cracks in the structure? Do you where all this damage came from? As the homeowner, you may not be able to answer these...

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Levels of Chimney Inspections

Levels of Chimney Inspections

If you are a homeowner with a chimney, standard upkeep is a significant piece of keeping it in great condition just as keeping your family protected. Perhaps the best thing you can do to keep up your fireplace is to have a chimney inspection. Inspections are an...

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Do you have Chimney Damage from Hurricane Sally?

Do you have Chimney Damage from Hurricane Sally?

We all know the damages leftover from hurricanes and flooding. Tropical storms and hurricanes bring high winds that can tear up chimney flashing, chimney caps, and chimney crowns and influence the bricks to chip. While stacks are normally sufficiently able to...

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Chimney Flue Operational Tips

Chimney Flue Operational Tips

A chimney with a flue is a significant advantage for any home. It takes into consideration the comfortable solace of a warm hearth and fire for most homes. If you are a homeowner with a flue, count yourself lucky for good reasons. The delight of a working chimney with...

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Helpful Tips: Which Sealant is Best for You?

Helpful Tips: Which Sealant is Best for You?

The chimney is one noticeable aspect of the home that is continually helpless to the fluctuating climate. As the constantly changing climate moves through the seasons, the preparing sun, rising stickiness, driving precipitation, and profound freeze of the outside...

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Prepare Your Kindling for Winter

Prepare Your Kindling for Winter

Nothing is cozier on a cold evening than a popping fire, warm and gleaming, in the chimney or oven. Wood heat is likewise more affordable than numerous gas or electric heaters and can be more viable for home warming and cooking in numerous zones. In any case, by what...

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