When the mercury drops, sitting in front of a roaring fire is a relaxing and comforting way to spend an evening. If you have a wood burning fireplace in your home, you likely enjoy the experience as ...

Installing a lock-top chimney damper is a common project among do-it-yourself homeowners. As fireplaces and chimneys age they tend to deteriorate from use, foundation shifting, and weather. This ...

The pilot light in a gas fireplace is a small gas-fueled flame that stays lit constantly, igniting the main burners when heat is demanded. Sometimes the pilot light goes out and the burners won’t ...

We have three gas fireplaces (two chimneys), about 8 years old and all currently serviced and in formerly wood-burning fireplaces. The house was built about nine years ago. I’ve gotten conflicting ...

Q. We use our living room wood-burning fireplace only a few times every winter and we had it cleaned seven or eight years ago. In the last few years, when it rains or is very humid we get a smoke and ...