Old-school know-how
What a sweep would teach an apprentice.
The tricks of the trade that cost nothing to use: burning hotter, reading your own flue, and catching small troubles while they are still small. Written by hands that do this daily.
More lessons get written as the trade allows. Keep this page handy, or settle in with the Reading Room.
Know-how has its limits.
Some work belongs to the homeowner and some belongs on a tradesman's ladder. When it is the ladder kind, the first look is on the house.