Steve Trumble, the owner of Chimney Doctors in the Twin Cities, joins the show to talk about all things related to chimneys. The show starts off with Steve introducing himself and his company. He also discusses a metal fabrication company which he owns. Then, Steve, having a massive amount of knowledge about this topic, answers the following questions:
- How can there be such discrepancies in most chimney inspections? Is there some type of standard that just makes it black and white?
- What are the three most often things you see when you're looking at the chimney?
- What percentage of chimneys would you say are built improperly from the get-go?
- What are some of the most common repairs that you make on chimneys?
- How do you get up in chimneys and do the work with the damper in place?
- How much do liners and smoke chamber repairs cost?
- What type of license do you need to work on a chimney? Is there any special training?
- What are these metal caps that your company, Sota Metal Fabrication, is making? What is it going to protect?
- What do you think is the average cost to replace a traditional concrete form?