Chimney Tips

Why a gas fireplace pilot dies when you release the knob, how thermocouples differ from thermopiles, and what a homeowner can safely check first.

How to tell whether a chimney fire cracked your flue liner, what a Level 2 camera inspection looks for, and when repair beats relining.

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. Between the top of your firebox and the bottom of the flue is a

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. The four feet of duct between the back of your dryer and the wall

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. If the first fire of the season pushes a lungful of smoke back into

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. When a Bolingbrook homeowner calls and asks for a chimney inspection, the next question

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. Most people think about dryer vents in terms of the lint inside them. That

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. Every September I get the same phone call from a Plainfield homeowner: the fireplace

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. Putting an insert into an existing masonry fireplace changes what you own. It looks

By James Rodriguez, Central Chimney Service. Glass doors on a masonry fireplace get used almost entirely by instinct, and the