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If your chimney does not have an upward draft, this can also be an issue. If you notice either, get a professional chimney repair person in immediately. Excess moisture and condensation on windows, walls, and cold surfaces Rusting on flue pipes or appliance jacks ...
More often, people don't even need to contemplate how to do right by the dead. Until the 1960s, people might include funeral recommendations in their will, but it didn't usually get any more specific. Now, people have gotten more comfortable with planning their own funerals. This further ...
"Peeling chimney paint is almost always caused by water working its way from the inside out," explains John Stauffer, technical director at the Paint Quality Institute. "A rain cap will keep the bulk of the water out of the flue." SAFE AND SOUND: Media Platforms Design Team Avoiding the...
POST a QUESTION or COMMENTabout how to troubleshoot & fix problems in manufactured home interiors or mobile home interiors Mobile home interior inspections & troubleshooting: This article explains how to look for defects in the interior of mobile homes, trailers, double-wide homes. ...
They asked what to do to fix this mess. Customer support is just as important as price but if price is all you have, then you have nothing. Don't forget about quality, customer support and product appearance. Below is just one very ugly fire pit sent to us by a handy man in Las ...
It has nothing to do with venting flue gases up a chimney. Our photo shows a motorized zone damper or air duct zone control produced by TrolATemp® a producer of automatic heating system controls. This unit is an automatic opposed-blade duct damper. Here is a commercial automatic air ...
3. Prime the flue.If your chimney is built on the outside of your house, the chimney flue is probably cold. When you open the damper, the cold air in the flue will sink and come into your warm house. If you try to light a fire during this air sink, you’re going to end up ...
3)NEVERlet a connector pipe, the chimney, or the flue in a masonry chimney fall into disrepair. If maintenance or repairs are needed, schedule it pronto. Companies specializing in this type of work get very busy in late summer and fall. Before the burning season begins or you build your ...