When the weather gets cold, many in the Pacific Northwest are going to go back to our caveman roots when it comes to staying warm, i.e., using fire. And the old mentality of " If it can burn, it'll work " isn't as safe today as it used to be, and we have the details for you below.

A Costly Lesson Learned In Washington

Two years ago, my father's HVAC system went out. He's a pretty handy, handy man and can fix almost anything. The problem is, a lot of things today are not made to " fix " or they're so specialized parts that you need to call specialists to repair them.

After having repair people come out and trying to figure out the problem, not getting it working (but still continuing to charge him for their visits), he had had enough, and went back to using his fireplace.

With his

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