by Mark Stoner | Apr 5, 2013 | Fire Safety
One of the best things you can do to improve your home’s fire safety is stop walking away from the stove while you are cooking. Accounting for roughly 44 percent of all home fires, the way you cook can be seriously damaging to your family’s well-being! Not only are...
by Mark Stoner | Mar 30, 2013 | Fire Safety
Regardless of where it is, space you frequently occupy needs to offer a way out that is obvious in emergency situations. That goes for grocery stores, banks, workplaces, classrooms, and fitness centers. Most of all, it goes for the home where you live. Do you really...
by Mark Stoner | Feb 4, 2013 | Fire Safety
Common sense tells us that the farther hot air has to travel to escape the house, the harder it is to get it there. The greater the distance of the run, the more force needed to push it outside the home. It is also a matter of common sense that longer ducts increase...
by Mark Stoner | Jan 11, 2013 | Fire Safety
Homeowners should be aware of the various safety devices available to them for their chimney. Something very commonly used is a fireplace screen or cage. This protects the family inside the home from embers leaving the fireplace as well as preventing things from being...
by Mark Stoner | Sep 29, 2012 | Fire Safety
Dryer vents are the one aspect of home maintenance that is continuously overlooked. Since the dryer vents are out of sight and out of mind, homeowners do not think to pull out the dryer and give this area a regular cleaning. This is a serious mistake, as allowing a...
by Mark Stoner | Sep 15, 2012 | Chimney Sweeping, Fire Safety
Every year, there are literally thousands of needless deaths caused by building fires. Sadly, many of these deaths are preventable with proper care and preventative maintenance in place. Creosote buildup is one of the major causes of home fires, and is something which...
