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Shamrock Maintenance Corp.

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Shamrock Maintenance Corp.

4.15(
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•Approved Pro
Customers say: Quality work
165 local quotes requested
10 years of experience

Serving the Tri-State Area, Shamrock Chimney will provide you with a dedicated approach to ensure your chimney is kept clean and safe. Our team provides chimney solutions for every problem, protecting homes from dangers of leaking chimneys and flues. Call us today to schedule your next appointment.

"They were efficient and cleaned up after themselves. They stayed late one day to finish up and not have to come back the next day. Made sure to do the job with the right materials and did a really good."

Connie R on August 2025

Serving the Tri-State Area, Shamrock Chimney will provide you with a dedicated approach to ensure your chimney is kept clean and safe. Our team provides chimney solutions for every problem, protecting homes from dangers of leaking chimneys and flues. Call us today to schedule your next appointment.

"They were efficient and cleaned up after themselves. They stayed late one day to finish up and not have to come back the next day. Made sure to do the job with the right materials and did a really good."

Connie R on August 2025

Abma's Heating & Cooling

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Abma's Heating & Cooling

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We are a one-stop destination for all your heating and cooling requirements. From installation and repair to maintenance and replacement, you can depend on us for all your heating and cooling needs. Offering everything under one roof makes it possible for you to depend on us for all your heating and cooling needs. We strive to exceed the expectations of our clients by working with integrity, competence, and objectivity, and want to emerge as the benchmark for heating and cooling services We specialize in everything from repair to new installation and are a one-stop service provider for all your heating and cooling needs.

"We had Abma come out to fix our AC unit this summer. They charged us over $400 to get it running. A week later the unit stopped working again. They came back out to look at it and said the unit needed to be replaced. Now, four months later, we get a $90 bill for the second visit. After talking to them, there was no compromise on the second charge. Horrible customer service."

Thomas N on November 2021

We are a one-stop destination for all your heating and cooling requirements. From installation and repair to maintenance and replacement, you can depend on us for all your heating and cooling needs. Offering everything under one roof makes it possible for you to depend on us for all your heating and cooling needs. We strive to exceed the expectations of our clients by working with integrity, competence, and objectivity, and want to emerge as the benchmark for heating and cooling services We specialize in everything from repair to new installation and are a one-stop service provider for all your heating and cooling needs.

"We had Abma come out to fix our AC unit this summer. They charged us over $400 to get it running. A week later the unit stopped working again. They came back out to look at it and said the unit needed to be replaced. Now, four months later, we get a $90 bill for the second visit. After talking to them, there was no compromise on the second charge. Horrible customer service."

Thomas N on November 2021

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BWC Masonry Restoration

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BWC Masonry Restoration

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18 years of experience

We specialize in water or waterless restoration and preservation of brick, textured stone, sandstone, limestone, concrete, marble, ceramic terrazzo, slate, tile, granite, wood, copper, and brass.

We specialize in water or waterless restoration and preservation of brick, textured stone, sandstone, limestone, concrete, marble, ceramic terrazzo, slate, tile, granite, wood, copper, and brass.

Alaska Stove

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Alaska Stove

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Customers say: Quick response
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
Recommended by 100% of HomeAdvisor customers

We sell residential coal heating stoves that burn Anthracite coal. We employ 9 people. We have an dealer network throughout the New England State area that sell our product for us. Our billing is net 30 days. We do not offer financing.

We sell residential coal heating stoves that burn Anthracite coal. We employ 9 people. We have an dealer network throughout the New England State area that sell our product for us. Our billing is net 30 days. We do not offer financing.

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Fireplaces questions, answered by experts

While you have some flexibility in the types of wood you can use in your outdoor furnace, it's important to make wise choices for optimal performance and efficiency. Hardwoods, such as oak, maple, and cherry, are generally recommended for their higher energy content and cleaner burn. These hardwoods produce more heat per volume and tend to produce fewer creosote deposits, which can accumulate and cause a chimney fire, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The effect a gas fireplace has on your gas bill will depend on how often you use it, the size of the rooms you’re heating with it, and the BTUs of the fireplace itself, but generally speaking, it should only cost a few cents an hour to run it when it’s on. It will consume minimal energy when it’s “off” if you have a pilot light running constantly, but some modern gas fireplaces don’t require a constant pilot light.

Fireplaces can theoretically help you save on heating bills if you lower the temperature throughout the rest of your home and heat only a single room that you occupy using the fireplace. However, in most cases, homeowners won’t save any money on heating bills. Gas and electric fireplace inserts could actually lead to a spike in your respective energy bills if you use them frequently, and if you don’t keep up with chimney maintenance and repairs, your traditional masonry fireplace could actually be a source of heat loss in the winter.

An outdoor wood furnace might be worth it, depending on your situation. For example, if you can easily (and affordably) acquire wood to burn, then an outside furnace could make sense. Investing in an outdoor furnace might also be worth it if you live in a rural area without a reliable energy source.

While fireplace inserts can help you make more use of your fireplace, they do come with some drawbacks. Some cons of fireplace inserts include the sometimes high cost of the insert and installation, the ongoing maintenance to buy fuel and clean the fireplace insert, and the efficiency. Fireplace inserts can operate more efficiently than an open fireplace, but they may not heat your home as evenly as an HVAC system.

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