The holidays are here, and there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll be hosting some kind of get together at your home – friends, co-workers, family.  Before your party, you may want to tidy up your fireplace before the guests arrive to remove those ugly ash piles that can build up in the space. Maybe … More Ashes, ashes, we all can be safer

When it comes to your chimney, we at the Chimney Safety Institute of America say D-D-I-Y: Don’t Do It Yourself. If that Honey Do List you’ve been waiting to tackle during your days off this holiday week includes cleaning your fireplace or chimney, here’s your pass to pick up the phone instead. And don’t take … More Dangers in D-I-Y: When Your Holiday Honey Do List Includes Chimney Work

Let’s face it. Getting your fireplace or stove fire lit quickly and easily can be hit or miss. You’ve been there; desperately trying to stuff paper below the wood stack in a vain attempt to spark your fire, because the kindling you first placed at the bottom of the pile burnt out before igniting your … More Light it right with the top down approach

Conducted every two years, the most recent national survey of consumers who regularly use hearth, or fireplace and stove, products has just been conducted by the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA). The industry study, which collects data from thousands of respondents from throughout the country, provides valuable information to hearth product manufacturers and retailers … More Survey says: Fireplaces and stoves are important to home buyers

In the early hours of this coming Sunday, November 4, the nation’s clocks will fall back an hour as we transition from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. It’s during the time changes of the fall and spring each year that we at the Chimney Safety Institute of America join with the U.S. Fire Administration … More A couple minutes for the rest of your life