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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, It's Dangers And The Best Fix!

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, It's Dangers but there is a solution!

Lets first start by stating some important facts. The chimney in your home is one of the most overlooked yet important components when considering your families safety. In short, your chimney is responsible for taking all the dangerous items of combustion including but not limited to carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide poisoning is extremely dangerous but not many people understand how it…

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Need a Chimney Sweep / Inspection?

Need a Chimney Sweep / Inspection?

Just booked your famous $99 Chimney Champs Sweep and Inspection and you want to know what you can expect? We will briefly cover an average sweep from start to finish. We will then address many commonly asked questions. Before continuing if you are not familiar with the basics of how a chimney works please read All About Your Chimney! What You Can Expect from Chimney Champs As a customer, all…

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All About Your Chimney

All About Your Chimney

A masonry chimney is built and designed to vent harmful items of combustion created by your heating appliances like a furnace or fireplace.

The actual part of the chimney that contains and vents these items of combustion are the terra cotta flue tiles. Without these flue tiles your appliances would destroy the chimney from the inside out!

The brick or stone you see on the exterior of…

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How Often Should I Sweep My Chimney

Chimney Champs is everyone’s favorite chimney and masonry company. We are home of the $99 sweep! For just $99 get any type of flue swept and inspected.

The National Fire Prevention Association [NFPA] every flue should be inspected once a year for proper functionality and to ensure it is free from defect. “Chimneys, fireplaces, and vents shall be inspected at least once a year for…

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What is a chimney?

When most people hear the word chimney they picture the traditional masonry chimney. While that is a correct answer, the actual definition is;

A chimney is a structure that provides ventilation for hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow…

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Chimney Inspections: The 3 Different Levels

There are 3 different level chimney inspections. The below if from the CSIA.org website;

Level 1 Inspection

If your appliance or your venting system has not changed and you plan to use your system as you have in the past, then a Level 1 inspection is a minimum requirement. A Level 1 inspection is recommended for a chimney under continued service, under the same conditions, and with the…

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smoke chamber parging

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24 Hour Emergency Service for All of CT!

24 Hour Emergency Service for All of CT! #99Sweep #ChimneyExperts

Did you know what almost 25,000 people were treated for Carbon Monoxide poisoning last year? With winter being here whether you burn solid fuels or use a heating appliance it is very important to keep your chimney’s swept and inspected. Unfortunately, sometimes you can still run into problems from a simple clog to a collapse of your flue tiles or a masonry issue. Since your chimney’s are…

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Smoke Chamber Code Upgrade NFPA

Smoke Chamber Code Upgrade NFPA

Smoke chamber code upgrade to bring your fireplace to compliance with NFPA standards. NFPA 211 states that all smoke chambers for wood-burning masonry fireplaces must be parged smooth with high-heat cement. Without this cement lining in the smoke chamber, small imperfections in the masonry of the fireplace or chimney can lead to devastating damage to your chimney and home.

In the smoke…

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