Chimney & Fireplaces/Expert Profile

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• Knowledgeability 9.76
• Clarity of Response 9.78
• Timeliness 9.98
• Politeness 10.0

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    K = Knowledgeability    C = Clarity of Response    T = Timeliness    P = Politeness

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Deni	11/22/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you so very much for the .....
Laurie	11/22/09	10	10	10	10
Kristen	11/22/09	10	10	10	10	I did read the manual and downloaded .....
Tony	11/20/09	10	10	10	10
Keith	11/20/09	10	10	10	10

Recent Answers from James Ball

2009-11-22 wood stove smokes:

Hello Ali, What is happening is you are getting Negative Pressure in your home (house stack effect) that is hot air rising in your home (and getting out through the attic vents, doors, lights) your house

2009-11-22 smoky fireplace:

Hello Laurie, What is happening is you are getting Negative Pressure in your home (house stack effect) that is hot air rising in your home (and getting out through the attic vents, doors, lights) your

2009-11-21 Smoke chamber needs parging:

Hell Tim, they make a couple of products, Chamber Tech, and Smoke Tite I use Smoke Tite and love it, it is shot up with a compressor and fills in small and big holes (we fill big holes with insulation

2009-11-21 Using an insert as a standalone venting through furnace flue?:

Welcome back Deni, did you contact your local building department they will tell you if you can do what you want to, if the flue is clean it should be ok to use with nothing else venting into it and it

2009-11-21 Using an insert as a standalone venting through furnace flue?:

Hello Deni, you can not use an insert "free standing" it must go into a fireplace, and you can not vent oil and wood together. you should read the owners manual on the insert it will tell you this.