► ► RESOURCES October 2025 Resource 1: “Adam Spencer and Nate Lammers – Tales From a Real Life Customer” This week, Tim welcomes Nate Lammers, (Midwest Sales Representative for Kozy Heat), and Adam Spencer, a homeowner who recently completed a major fireplace remodel. After Nate discovered his neighbor Adam had Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Featuring Clay DennisWith Tim Reed The Fire Time Magazine | October 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio version. Tim Reed Joining me once again from Knoxville, Tennessee is Clay Dennis. We’ve talked to him a number Read more…
Chris Schroeter The Fire Time Magazine | October 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Listen to the audio article. As someone who travels extensively—visiting showrooms, designers, and building sites across North America—it’s clear that the hearth industry needs to change its focus. We need to Read more…
Phil Connor The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Listen to the audio article. Author’s Note: This year, I’ll take readers on a journey that explores how our lives are like rivers running through us. Each attribute of these rivers Read more…
Patrick Ryan The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Listen to the audio article. In 2025, I see community as the most important focus of any specialty fireplace shop. From my perspective, the goal is to cultivate coordinated momentum through Read more…
► ► CONTRIBUTORSPOTLIGHT Ryann Blake Ryann joined the hearth industry about a decade ago. At the time, she had just gotten her MBA, so her dad asked her to help him run their family business, Chimney Techniques, which has been open in Aberdeen, Washington since 1985. After her dad retired, Read more…
NFI The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Did you know the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Education Foundation (HPBEF) has three professional business manuals—each now paired with a comprehensive online presentation? These resources are designed specifically for hearth industry owners Read more…
Fourteen years ago, I listed 10 reasons why natural gas “will be a key fuel of the future.” Since then, global gas use has grown faster than any other form of energy. Robert Bryce The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on Read more…
GOVERNMENTAFFAIRS PODCAST With Tim Reed HPBA Government Affairs Podcast: National Fuel Choice Progress, the Volatility of Tariffs, and Changes to the NSPS Featuring Jason Tolleson Subscribe Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music PreviousArticle NextArticle Back to Table of Contents Enjoy this podcast? Join The Fire Time Movement to get rewards for Read more…
Noel Putaansuu The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Listen to the audio article. For most, there is an art to woodstoving—it need not be all science and technology. For others, the science is the reason we burn wood to Read more…