Here are some more tips to help you in cleaning & maintenance in your fireplaces and chimneys:

4) Use a stove top thermometer of stovepipe thermometer to help monitor flue temperatures.

5) When stacking wood try to keep it at least 30 feet away from your home.

6) Always us a metal mesh screen with fireplaces that do not have a glass fireplace door.

7) Soak hot ashes in water and place them in a metal container outside and away from your house.

Hope you have a safe Spring! more later……Norma