Chimney Services advice
What goes wrong, what it costs, and when the work is worth doing. Written for Toronto — the housing, the climate and the rules here, not generic advice.
- Smoke In The Room Why a Toronto fireplace smokes into the room and how to work through the causes.
- Gas Fireplaces What a gas fireplace needs annually in Ontario and who is allowed to do it.
- Water Inside The five routes water takes into a Toronto house through a chimney.
- A Chimney Nobody Uses The options for an unused Toronto chimney, from capping to removal.
- Rebuilding When repointing is not enough and a Toronto chimney needs rebuilding.
- Buying The House What to check about a chimney and fireplace during a Toronto purchase.
- What A Sweep Does What should actually happen on a Toronto chimney sweep visit, and how to tell a thorough one.
- The Firebox What to look for in a Toronto firebox and what the damage means.
- The Part Above The Roof Why the exposed section of a Toronto chimney deteriorates first and what to do about it.
- Flashing Or Masonry How to tell whether a Toronto chimney leak is the flashing or the masonry.
- The Orphaned Water Heater What happens to a Toronto gas water heater when the furnace comes off the chimney.
- Pilot And Glass The two most common gas fireplace complaints and what they mean.