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Having a properly built fireplace is essential to ensure
proper smoke ventilation when having a fire in your home. We are Michigan
fireplace experts who specialize in the building of fireplaces, fireplace
re-facing, and fireplace repair for years in Oakland County, MI.
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For A Chimney Inspection or Chimney Cleaning
We are always working to be the Michigan fireplace company.
Chimney cleaning in Michigan is the same as chimney cleaning
anywhere else; it is the removal of dangerous creosote build-up on the inside
of the chimney. These deposits are highly flammable and are
Michigan fireplace Is a local fireplace chimney and masonry
contractor serving wayne county, Novi, Northville , canton, Plymouth Madison
Heights Mi. Michigan fireplace has years of experience specializing in masonry
restoration and repair. Our chimney sweeps can inspect your brick chimney
fireplace and our chimney sweeps can provide you with your annual chimney
cleaning or chimney repair We are experts at matching brick and mortar color.
We are not a handyman service, aim to northvillr, Plymouth, and cantons leading brick fireplace chimney cleaning and
chimney repair company. Michigan fireplace is a group of fireplace masonry craftsmen
devoted to chimney repair Masonry restoration and quality brickwork.
Some of the first jobs Michigan fireplace ever performed
were in downtown Milford
Highland Township White lake and Waterford. As the years
have gone by we have grown to support the grounding cities such as Grand Blanc,
Madison Heights & Rose Township. We have a real sense of satifaction
knowing that if we are in Livonia, West Bloomfield or even Detroit a satisfied
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Let us help you repair and restore your homes masonry
beauty. Michigan leading chimney cleaning,
chimney repair, and historic brick repair company. We have worked hard to earn
a reputation for quality and look forward to showing the residents of Madison
Heights Mi that it is well deserved. Our goal is to leave every customer
satisfied and willing to use us again, or recommend us to a friend. We pride
ourselves on building corners not cutting them.
Our Masonry contractors and chimney sweeps offer free
chimney repair estimates to all Madison Heights , Holly, Grand Blanc Rose
Township, and Lindon residents for any of the following services: chimney
cleaning, chimney repair, masonry construction, chimney crown repairs, chimney
cap replacement, chimney rebuilds, tuckpointing, natural stone, limestone
replacement, cultured stone, brick porch repair, Brick porch construction,
masonry wall construction, brick wall repair, brick replacement, tuck-pointing,
pointing and re pointing work, grout replacement, and historic restoration. We
look forward to the opportunity to help you with your masonry construction and
chimney cleaning projects.
Fireplace issues & fireplaces do not work, how to make your chimney draft
properly and how to build a chimney and fireplace that draft properly are a
common topic of discussion among bricklayers and masonry contractors. Since man
first discovered fire and dug the first fire pit all the way up tiill huge
chimney stacks and furnaces suplied heat to industrial plants and homes having
your fireplace burn properly has been the problem hand. The prices of building
a brick or stone fireplaces and chimney has steadily grown as knowledge of
brick stone and masonry has increased. During these modern times we have the
advantage of learning from our fore fathers and developing formulas and techniques
to combat draft and increase fireplace and chimney efficiency. Still today we
find that some fireplace chimney's work better than others.
The main principle of why a chimney or fireplace works
because heat rises. When you start a fire, in your fireplace the air inside
chimney warms and begins to rise .The heat of the fire in your fir box draws in
the cooler air from the room it is in. This cooler air flows into the firebox
fanning the fire increasing the flame in an ongoing cycle. The heat dynamic
created pressure differentials can also create a pleasant breeze as it moves
across the top of your chimney.
There are numerous reasons a chimney and fireplace may not
function properly. Will start with the the most simple & obvious solutions
Please bear in mind this list may not solve all of your fireplace and chimney
issues but it should provide you a good place to start. Here is a list of
common reasons that fireplaces and chimneys don't work .
To really understand fireplaces chimney sweeping and chimney's
requires extensive knowledge masonry and fireplaces. Being a chimney sweep does
not mean you a qualified to do chimney repair. Likewise being good at masonry
and brick work does not make you good with chimneys. When dealing with your
chimney repair and chimney problems you want a contractor familiar chimney
building codes, pressure differentials, and actual fireplace construction
techniques. If the information provided here does not help you solve the
problem with your fireplace, consider hiring an experienced, chimney sweep and
masonry restoration expert in your area. The problem may be obvious to someone
with chimney and fireplace experience once they can actually look over the
fireplace and chimney..
Unfortunetly chimney fires are a reality of life They
destroy thousands of homes and lives. Having a regular chimney cleaning by your
local chimney sweep can prevent most chimney fires.
If proper precautions are taken, brick fireplace chimney
fires can be avoided. A Chimney should be inspected by a chimney sweep and
chimney cleaning specialist regularly. First, you need to understand the
anatomy of how a fireplace works and how a fireplace chimney fire is set into
motion. When a fire is built in a masonry or brick chimney it is started in the
fireplace fire box.
The chimney firebox is built out of fire brick. A fire
brick, firebrick, or refractory brick is a block of refractory ceramic material
used in lining furnaces, kilns, fireboxes, and fireplaces. A fireplace fire box
is primarily to withstand high temperature, but will also usually have a low
thermal conductivity for greater energy efficiency. Fireplace firebrick are
weaker, but they are much lighter, and insulate far better than dense bricks. A
brick fireplace brick fire box should be free from cracks. The fireplace fire
brick will taper in toward a damper and smoke shelf. A fireplace firebox is the
only spot in which burning wood should occur.
Everybody knows where there is chimney smoke there is fire,
so obviously when you burn wood in your masonry and brick fireplace chimney,
smoke is released and travels up from your fire box and into a smoke shelf and
chimney flue liner. As the warm smoke travels up the chimney flue liner it
begins to cool . That smoke condenses on the inside walls of your chimney flue
liner and is converted into creosote.
Creosote is a highly flammable material that ignites easily
from flame or spark. The type of wood that is burned in a brick chimney
fireplace and frequency of chimney cleaning affects the amount of creosote
built up on the chimney flue liner. Green, or unseasoned wood, contains a lot
of moisture. This means it takes more heat to burn the wood in the brick
fireplace firebox. Green wood produces more creosote.
Outside temperature also plays a factor in the amount of
creosote formed. Chimneys that run up the side of your brick house are more apt
to produce creosote. than one that runs up the center of your home This is
because brick concrete and stone masonry has a low insulation value. The warm
smoke being hit by cool temperatures condenses more quickly.
Proper air flow is critical to your stone or brick chimney.
Making sure your fireplace damper is open all the way so that smoke ventilates
through the chimney quickly also reduces the risk of creosote forming. A
Fireplace chimney must be built to a proper height to draft properly. Usually
three feet above the roof or ten feet from the roof.
You must make sure to have a chimney cleaning profession or
chimney sweep clean your chimney annually. When you ignite paper or cardboard
in your fireplace, often times small flaming pieces of ash and soot can drift
up the flue liner and are more likely to ignite the creosote that has built up.
Michigan brick and concrete knows fireplace chimney
construction, Fireplace remodeling, chimney cleaning, chimney repair and
historic brick restoration. Our chimney sweeps can provide cost effective
chimney cleaning. We also repair brick porches and brick wall repair on a daily
basis. If you would like more information about chimney fires, please visit