by WellSwept | Dec 20, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, Fireplace, WETT Certified
What is creosote and what are the impacts from it? Creosote is the result of condensation of flue gases. All wood burning or coal for that matter will produce it. It is the result of incomplete combustion and condensation of the gases remaining on a cold chimney....
by WellSwept | Nov 28, 2020 | Fireplace, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection, Wood Stove, Wood Stove Installation
Understanding how your firewood burns may help you in your use of your wood burning appliance or in choosing one. There are a few stages it goes through and how long each takes or if it even really enters that stage depends. The first is the burning off for...
by WellSwept | Jun 13, 2020 | WETT Certified, WETT Inspection, Wood Stove, Wood Stove Installation
I don’t know how many times I have heard somebody say their stove is made by Warnock-Hershey. Really? Well, yes it says so on the little plate on the back. Well no, it actually does not say that at all. What it says is that the stove model was tested in a...
by WellSwept | May 5, 2020 | Chimney Camera, Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, Fireplace, Smoky Wood Burning System, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
Is your fireplace smoky? Smoke coming into the room, smoke detectors going off? Well you are certainly not alone and we get this problem quite often. In fact likely half the fireplaces around cause some smoky conditions. Sometimes it is difficult to get rid of the...
by WellSwept | May 1, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified
Chimney sweep history goes back a long time, hundreds of years. A glimpse of it is in Mary Poppins. However the traditions go back even further. Historically chimney sweeps have always had an annual celebration that typically lasted 3 full days. Why three days?...
by WellSwept | Apr 14, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
So often we get asked about the use of the wood stove, the fireplace or where to find good firewood. We have another blog on finding and storing firewood you can read. However there is more. The booklet on the left is a very good resource and is free. There is also a...
