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Opting for firewood rather than turning on the thermostat in the early winter months is a helpful way to save energy for many homeowners. But how do you know if you’re getting the most out of your cozy fire?
The U.S. EPA’s Burn Wise program provides homeowners with best practices that can cut firewood use by more than 30 percent and keep your home toastier and more comfortable on those frigid nights. Give the following tips a try this season, and learn to burn the eco way.
Ready for the colder months?
You will be if you follow these simple guidelines to keep your wood fireplace burning brightly — and safely.
Now that warm weather is finally here, you can take a break from using your wood-burning fireplace to give it a much-needed spring cleaning. Wood-burning fireplaces are fairly easy to clean, but if you want to clean your chimney, contact the chimney cleaning experts to get the job done safely and professionally. A chimney should be cleaned at least once a year.
Here are a few easy tips for cleaning your fireplace and making it look beautiful again!
Once installed, your new fireplace has an important job to do and that’s what you need to keep in mind while shopping. There are many reasons to start a fireplace renovation:
To update the look of a room
• To heat a room(s)
• To upgrade an inefficient fireplace (search government rebates & incentives)
• To reduce monthly heating bills by up to 20-40% (learn more)
• All of the above!
There comes a time when every fireplace will start to lose its prominence as the focal point of a room. Whether from wear and tear or just the changing whims of style, your home’s fireplace is a great outlet for your remodeling creativity. Many options exist to either update your existing hearth or completely revamp it with a new hearth system. Whichever you choose, a well executed fireplace renovation can bring back the cozy, charming atmosphere you previously enjoyed.
A big part of understanding how to best update or renovate your fireplace lies in understanding the room surrounding it. Take stock of your design scheme. Is it modern? Classic? Does it fit a particular motif? (Colonial, Southwest, Asian, et cetera.) If you’re renovating the room as well as the fireplace, you should consider making the fireplace one of the room’s main design anchors.
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When it came time to bring her vision to life, Varre discovered a community of skilled craftsmen in the region of Nantes, France, where they developed ways of hand-making these tools out of the best materials she could find. Some of these include untreated French beech wood, vegetable-tanned leather from a 143-year-old Swedish tannery, natural horsehair from a French family-run business, brass details, and steel that’s powder-coated with paint from a Swedish company that has roots dating back to the 1600s. Click here for more!
On a cold winter night there’s nothing like gathering in front of a fire with family and friends. The warmth from a fireplace on a chilly day and the scent of burning wood adds a cozy ambiance to any size home. Fireplaces make great gathering spots and many families enjoy lounging around the fireplace in the evenings to talk or watch television together.
Almost all new house plans have at least one fireplace incorporated into their design to accommodate homeowners desire for the warmth and glow of a burning fire. This is especially true in the great room, but you’ll also find fireplaces in dining rooms, open kitchen spaces, master suites and outdoor living spaces.
Purchasing a fireplace and having it installed can be stressful – but it doesn’t have to be that way. Above all, you will need to make sure your installation is safe and effective. While you will want to ensure that the process is as smooth as possible, it is important to be aware of the common mistakes that can derail the process. Below are the five areas with the most common mistakes made during the process of finding, purchasing, and installing a new fireplace.
There is a National Code that is used as a baseline for the installation of fireplaces, heaters, and other hearth products, and a hierarchy of guidelines for these units. Above that national code compliance, you should comply with the manufacturer’s product manual, and above the product manual, you should comply with local code enforcement.
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