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The Choice is Yours - A Guide to Selecting Your Fireplace Company During our recent Better Business Bureau renewal, I was asked to provide proof to support the claim on our website that we have more industry training than any of our competitors – so I did. Then I asked 250 mountain area residents to...

Mountain Man Fireplace and Chimney, Inc. A Basic Guide to Understanding Poorly Drafting Fireplaces and Woodstoves By Jake T Johnson NFI/CSIA/FIRE I’m proud that I was the first chimney sweep on the Front Range to become a CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep. That was almost 15 years ago, but nearly every d...

thank you for your question! :thumbsup: It's pretty simple, the main things you need to do are; 1. Empty the ash pan 2. Keep the firepot clean - use something like a putty knife to scrape out the debris 3. Run the hopper out of pellets and vacuum out the base of the hopper every two or three months ...

Hi Kelly, Thank you for your question about smoke coming into your home when you use your fireplace. There are 3 main reasone for the condition you describe: 1. There is some kind of restriction - like the chimney cap is partially plugged up from a buildup of soot and creosote. The solution in this ...

Hello Mountaingirl, You are on the right track. When your furnace burns gas for fuel, the byproducts of the combustion process are heat and water vapor. For every cubic foot fo gas burned, about 1 gallon of water vapor is produced. The part that is counter-intuitive, however, is that the more effici...

We want to invite everybody to this year's Mountain Area Home & Garden Show at Conifer High School. The show is open tomorrow (Saturday May 14th) from 9-5 on Sunday (May 15th) from 10-3. Dozens of mountain area companies and organizations will have booths to provide you with a tremendous amount ...

Hi Happy Camper, The cost of our complete service depends a little on what your appliance is, how it's installed and where you live. Wood fireplace and woods stoves are $249.00 for everything including a Level I NFPA-211 Inspection. There's an extra charge if you have an insert that has to be pulled...

That's a great question. Unfortunately, cresote-removing logs do very little to actually remove cresote from a chimney flue. They are mildy effective in drying out glazed creosote, but they don't remove it from the flue. In fact, there is a lot of anectodotal evidence that using these products creat...

We’re extremely happy to become your partner on EvergreenBound.com . For nearly 15 years you and your neighbors have been coming to us for expert advice, professional service and terrific hearth products. Whether you’re heating with wood, gas or pellets, you can trust us at Mountain Hearth & Pat...