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Our New Green Initiative with Regency Fireplace Products

Clean Sweeps of MI is excited to announce a partnership with Regency, an environmentally proactive and protective fireplace product manufacturer. Regency values the ecosystem, and understands that there are things we can do now that will benefit us later. That is why they strive to lessen their carbon footprint, while helping you lessen yours.

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Regency has made use of numerous recycled materials in the workplace, and is an almost entirely waste-free business. When shipping out products, they make use of biodegradable foam bags, as opposed to environmentally harmful, traditional packing materials. These foam bags guarantee that both product and environment are not harmed in the shipping process.

Regency also aims to minimize waste throughout the manufacturing process, by utilizing a proven efficiency-maximization system. With this system in place, unnecessary steps and processes are completely eliminated, and Regency can function at maximum efficiency.

Product-wise, Regency offers EPA approved wood products that burn clean and reduce carbon dioxide output. These products burn much more completely than other wood products, and leave virtually no ash behind. They also produce about fifty times less smoke per hour than traditional wood products. Regency also offers low-waste, high-efficiency fireboxes that have no negative effects on the environment whatsoever.

In addition to their preventative efforts, Regency believes in being proactive in protecting the environment. For this reason, they plant a tree for every Regency, Hampton or Excalibur product sold. With each tree that Regency plants, they help to decrease carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a major factor in global warming.

For more information on Regency and the products they offer, check out their website at www.regency-fire.com.

Proper Chimney Care

Worth being clear about, proper chimney maintenance involves:

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  • the fireplace
  • the flue liner
  • the mortar
  • the chase
  • the crown
  • the flashing
  • the cap
  • the whole kit and caboodle

The entire system has to be kept clean, in largely undamaged condition, and up to speed with current codes. It is not a simple task, and it is one that homeowners are absolutely advised to turn over to CSIA certified chimney sweeps. Critical to home safety, proper chimney care is worth every penny, and most homeowners are surprised by how few it takes.

Chimneys are significant expenditures in any budget they fit into, and repairs and replacements can be costly. When labor alone can run from $60 to $150 per linear foot, even pre-fab components and above-roofline work gets expensive. Maintaining chimneys properly is well worth the amount spent by home owners on the regularly scheduled services of chimney sweeps.

Chimney Inspections

If a clean chimney in good condition were not essential to home safety, homeowners could let it slide. As it is, though, chimney fires account for too many house fires, and poor draft accounts for too much carbon monoxide poisoning. Regular inspections of chimneys by qualified professionals plays a huge part in their proper maintenance and safe use.

It is often the inability to inspect the condition of the flue liner or the cause of warping that gives away an incompetent sweep. In all likelihood, virtually anyone can be simply trained to just “sweep” the chimney, but it is the experience and expertise of a professional that enables them to quite a bit more than just the tedious task of cleaning a chimney. Responsible homeowners need to find a certified sweep to handle both the regular cleaning and the competent inspection of their chimneys.

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