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…
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…
FEATURED ARTICLE Casey Harvey The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Back to Basics In keeping with the trends of the last several years, this year has been anything but “normal.” We’ve Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Ryann Blake The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. In our industry, safety shouldn’t just be a box we check—it needs to be the very foundation of our work. And Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Jodi Connors-Harrington The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Introduction: The Nature of Our Business There’s no denying it: If you’ve been in or around the hearth industry for any Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Dax Johnston The Fire Time Magazine | September 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Introduction: From Highways to Trails I came to the hearth industry from a big box hardware store background where every object Read more…