by Cass | Feb 25, 2020 | WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
Congratulations! You’re buying a new home!! Buying a new, or new to you, home is an exciting and often exhausting time. It can feel like there are a never-ending list of things that need to be done before you can feel comfortable with this new venture. From...
by WellSwept | Feb 25, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
The chimney shown at left was in a cottage in Muskoka, an Oliver MacLeod Square A chimney. Made in Orillia perhaps 40 years or so ago. However the chimeny never did meet the CSA S629 standards; for Factory Builty Chimneys; and hence was discontinued. If you have a...
by WellSwept | Feb 24, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
Sadly there are so many who work in the chimney industry who simplh do not under how a chimeny works. And even worse many of these actually try to tell a customer what they need to do to fix a problem. Really a chimney works on simple science principles – in...
by WellSwept | Feb 24, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
If you call a Certified Chimney Sweep to your home for your annual cleaning you may be interested to know what equipment they may bring. Well we cover a large geographic area and over that area there are many, many different chimneys. Yes we cover from the...
by WellSwept | Feb 23, 2020 | WETT Certified, WETT Inspection, Wood Stove, Wood Stove Installation
Should you buy a used wood-stove? If so what do you look for? As a side note – this does not suggest the stoves shown on the left are good stoves or good options – only examples of what you may in fact see for sale. Well, some will always try to sell you...
by WellSwept | Feb 23, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection, Wood Stove Installation
So you have have an insert or you are going to install an insert, and want to know if you need a liner? Well the short answer is yes. There are two types of liners, the most common with an insert is by far the flexible stainless steel liner. Challenges can be met with...
