Straight answers about caring for a chimney in Pinecrest's climate — leaks, storms, salt air, and everything in between.
Between June and November, a chimney absorbs the full brunt of South Florida's weather. A little attention before the fi…
Read guide →Pinecrest sits close enough to Biscayne Bay that the sea breeze carries a fine mist of salt inland every day. It is easy…
Read guide →A lot of Pinecrest was built out in the decades after the war, and those low, wide ranch homes on their big lots often c…
Read guide →Pinecrest is known for its deep green canopy of oaks and banyans, and it is one of the best things about living here. It…
Read guide →A chimney that stays dry all winter and then leaks the moment the summer rains arrive is one of the most common calls we…
Read guide →Plenty of Pinecrest homeowners notice a musty or smoky smell drifting out of the fireplace in the summer, even though no…
Read guide →A fireplace is a lovely feature in a Pinecrest home, but the chimney attached to it is easy to overlook during a busy ho…
Read guide →Chimney work is one of those trades where you cannot easily see what you are paying for, which makes it worth asking a f…
Read guide →If a chimney company has ever mentioned creosote, you may have nodded along without quite knowing what they meant. It is…
Read guide →In a place where you might light a fire only a dozen evenings a year, the choice between a wood-burning and a gas firepl…
Read guide →People often use crown and cap interchangeably, but they are two different parts doing two different jobs at the top of …
Read guide →South Florida gives you only a handful of truly cool evenings a year, and when a cold front drops down, a fireplace sudd…
Read guide →Waterproofing a chimney sounds like an upsell until you understand what our climate does to masonry. In Pinecrest, with …
Read guide →If you have noticed a chalky white haze or powder on your brick chimney, that is efflorescence, and it is telling you so…
Read guide →The standard advice about annual chimney sweeping was written for homes that burn fires all winter. In Pinecrest, where …
Read guide →When the face of a brick starts flaking, pitting, or crumbling away, that is called spalling, and on a chimney it is a s…
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