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 | 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...
by WellSwept | Mar 22, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
Level 1 Inspection If your wood burning system has not changed and there are no plans in changes or use then a WETT Level 1 inspection is a minimum requirement. A WETT Level 1 inspection is recommended for anay wood burning system that is being used on regular basis...
by WellSwept | Mar 21, 2020 | Chimney Cleaning, Chimney Sweep, Rotary Power Sweep, WETT Certified, WETT Inspection
And so the debate begins. Do I need a chimney cleaning or chimney sweep? Oh the argument may be – I burn hot so don’t need cleaning. Or maybe I burn potato skins, pop cans or the creosote sweeping logs – they clean my chimney for me. Well there...
