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Get Your Chimney Inspected Before Your Summer Vacation

By Clayton Brink · 7 years ago

Summer is finally here! Ballgames to take the kid to, holidays to spend with your family and the annual renovations are usually part of everyone’s summer schedule. There’s also one other thing that you might ...

Keeping Water Out of Your Chimney and Your Home

By Clayton Brink · 7 years ago

It looks like it’s going to be a wet week in Houston… again. According to KHOU, There's a 40 percent rain chance on Tuesday and it will climb to 50 percent through the rest of ...

Chimney Problems when Flipping a Home

By Clayton Brink · 7 years ago

I am sure that you watch those house flipping shows like I do. It’s amazing what a little creativity and hard work can do. On the shows they take a rundown house that’s been abandoned ...

Planning on Installing a Woodstove?

By Clayton Brink · 7 years ago

Maybe you need some heat for those dreary rainy days or those cooler winter temperatures. Or sometimes you’re going for that nice ambient fire burning in the background in your living room. There isn’t another ...

The Summer is the Best Time for a Fireplace and Chimney Restoration

By Clayton Brink · 8 years ago

While most people are thinking about where and when to take their summer vacation, for a chimney professional, the summer can be a very busy time of the year. And why would that be when ...

Real Frye Gas Logs: What a Fire is Meant to Be

By Clayton Brink · 8 years ago

The story of RH Peterson Company can be traced back to Southern California 65 years ago, when an engineer, Bob Peterson, was out enjoying dinner at a favorite Pasadena restaurant one evening with his family ...

Why You Should You Have Your Air Ducts Cleaned?

By Clayton Brink · 12 years ago

Air ducts play an important role in a home’s or a building’s air conditioning and ventilation systems. The main heating and cooling source in a home is connected to air ducts. When the cooling or ...

Your Chimney Needs a Winter Cleaning

By Clayton Brink · 12 years ago

With the winter season bringing in colder weather and heavy rains, many home and property owners are relying on their fireplaces for their home heating needs. Fireplaces reduce our reliance on home heating oil whose ...

Heating Your Homes with Gas Fireplaces

By Clayton Brink · 12 years ago

Although they’ve been around for quite some time, gas fireplaces have become quite popular with homeowners because their energy-efficient and cost-effective. Not only are they convenient because they burn fuel and not wood, owners don’t ...

Spark Arrestors Keep You and Your Neighbors Safe

By Clayton Brinks · 12 years ago

If you want your fireplace or wood burning stove to burn safely, you might want to install a spark arrestor. Spark arrestors prevent embers and sparks from entering the air and landing in a dry ...

Reasons Why Your Fireplace Doesn't Work Properly

By Clayton Brinks · 12 years ago

There could be many reasons why your fireplace doesn't work properly. With over 19 years of fireplace and chimney cleaning experience we know quite a few of them. Before we can get into them, we'd ...