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Once winter sets in across Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, Sherwood, and nearby communities, fireplaces and wood stoves stop being decorative and start being practical. Fires burn longer. They burn more often. And for many households, they burn every single day. That raises one of the most

Winter is when fireplaces and wood stoves get the most use across Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, Sherwood, and surrounding areas. When the nights get cold, people burn more fires, burn them longer, and rely on them for comfort instead of ambiance. That’s also when we see

Every winter, we get the same call from homeowners across Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, and surrounding areas: “My fireplace was just cleaned… so why is it still smoking?” If you’ve ever cracked a window, waved a towel at the smoke, or shut the damper mid-fire out

Most homeowners in Portland and the surrounding areas believe the same thing:“If I had my chimney inspected in the fall, I’m good for the winter.” In a perfect world, that would be true. But after decades of working on chimneys across Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tigard, Beaverton, Tualatin, Sherwood, Happy

Every winter, homeowners across Lake Oswego, Portland, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, Sherwood, Happy Valley, and Cedar Hills light their first fire of the season with a familiar sense of comfort. What most folks don’t realize is that winter is also the time Oregon sees a spike in chimney fires

If you own a wood-burning fireplace anywhere in Lake Oswego, Portland, West Linn, Tigard, Tualatin, Beaverton, Sherwood, Happy Valley, or Cedar Hills, you already know the comfort a fire brings on cold Oregon nights. But what most homeowners don’t know is that the most dangerous threat to their fireplace has