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Prefabricated fireplaces are slowly becoming a popular choice for homeowners. They provide warmth, comfort, and joy to families all throughout our service area, without all the work involved with building a masonry fireplace. You’ll also have more flexibility regarding the placement in your home. If you’re interested in a prefabricated fireplace, then read all about... Read more

Every piece of your chimney’s anatomy plays an important role in overall chimney functioning. Well-working and correctly installed parts ensure efficiency and safer fireplace place use year round, giving you peace of mind going into every burning season. At A-1 Chimney Specialist, our CSIA certified team of experts work hard to make sure chimneys in... Read more

If you’ve been considering switching to a fireplace insert, we can’t blame you. Many homeowners are making this same choice, due to the insert’s incredible efficiency and great heat output. Well, now is the time to get this work done! Our schedule book is more open during the spring and summer months, meaning we have... Read more

Most homeowners don’t think about their dryer vents a whole lot. They’re typically not very visible in the home, and we tend to pay them little regard. That is, until your dryer starts working inefficiently! When drying times start taking longer than normal and you’re forced to run multiple loads, it can get frustrating in... Read more

With spring and warm weather upon us, many homeowners are shutting down their fireplaces until fall and cooler temperatures come back around. If you’re among them, you can’t wait to get out and start enjoying the sunshine! Just make sure your fireplace is properly cleaned out before you kickstart any of your plans! While you... Read more