It’s a well known and sadly avoidable fact that dirty chimneys can cause chimney fires. Often chimney fires cause structural damage to the building, destroy homes and injure or kill people.

Chimney sweeping developed as a necessary profession as a result of two innovations… the invention of the chimney and the use of coal as a fuel source for heating.

Hardwoods are generally better for burning than softwoods. As a rule of thumb hardwoods are produced by slow-growing deciduous trees (those trees that lose their leaves) and therefore the logs have a greater density than the faster growing softwoods from evergreen trees…