Seasonal Tips

A wood stove is a workhorse through an Illinois winter, but it needs preparation before the first serious cold.

Winter is when you use your fireplace most, and it’s also when draft problems show up. Creston’s cold snaps change the way air moves through your chimney…

If you just moved into a Sandwich home with a fireplace, congratulations — and a few things are worth knowing before you light that first fire in a chimney…

Most people think about the chimney in the fall. But spring is quietly the best time for maintenance in Malta — and here is why the off-season works in…

That first cozy fire is tempting the moment the temperature drops, but a fireplace that sat idle all summer deserves a quick check first.

Fall is chimney season in Shabbona, and a little preparation now means a warm, safe winter later. Here is the checklist we would run through before the…