Spare the Air Days: Can You Use Your Fireplace?
What Bay Area winter Spare the Air alerts mean for your fireplace, which devices are exempt, and how to heat legally on a no-burn night.
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Chimney advice for Bay Area homeowners
Straight answers from our own CSIA certified technicians, written for the housing and the weather we actually work in.
Chimney Inspection Before Selling a House in the Bay Area
What a Level 2 chimney inspection covers during escrow, why buyers ask for one, how long it takes, and what happens if it finds a problem.
Read itHow Often Should a Chimney Be Swept? A Straight Answer
How often to sweep based on what and how much you burn, what creosote actually is, and the warning signs that mean you should not wait.
Read itIs Your Brick Chimney an Earthquake Risk? Bay Area Guide
Why unreinforced masonry chimneys fail in Bay Area earthquakes, the damage signs to look for, and what repair or rebuilding actually involves.
Read itWhy Your Chimney Only Leaks During Winter Storms
The five places water gets into a chimney, why Bay Area storms find them, and why sealing the masonry with the wrong product makes it worse.
Read itWhy Your Fireplace Smells or Pushes Smoke Into the Room
The usual causes of a smoky or smelly fireplace, from a blocked flue and a cold stack to house pressure, and which ones you can fix yourself.
Read itWood Insert vs Open Fireplace: What Actually Changes
How much heat an open fire really loses, what an EPA-certified insert changes, what installation involves, and how burn-day rules affect the choice.
Read itChimney Crown and Cap: The Two Parts That Keep It Dry
What a chimney crown and cap do, how to tell yours has failed, and why the cheapest component on the chimney prevents the most expensive repair.
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