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The Importance of a Chimney Cap

Thanks to Clean Sweep for this episode of Tips from the Pros about chimney caps.

Chimney caps are a relatively small and inexpensive thing to install, but they play a vital role in the safety of your home and chimney. The small piece of metal installed at the top of your chimney prevents numerous potential mishaps from occurring, including animals entering your home and excess moisture accumulating.

Chimney cap. Image: Courtesy of Clean Sweep.

Keep Critters Outside

During the colder months, animals spending time on your roof or near your gutters will sense the warmth from your chimney when you have a fire lit. As a result, the critters will make nests close to or inside of the chimney flue...

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Price your home to sell

One of the most common reasons a home stays on the market for a long time is overpricing. Since price can be the deciding factor, it is extremely important to get it right from the beginning.

Home buyers can have high expectations when the house has a large price tag. Once they see the house, they quickly become disappointed if it fails to live up to the hype. These feelings can spoil sales.

If your home is priced outside of a buyer’s price range you may miss out on the perfect prospective buyer. Studies have shown that overpriced houses eventually sell for lower prices than if they had been priced appropriately the first time.

Once a house has been sitting unsold for a long time, buyers wonder if there is something wrong with it...

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