Your chimney looks fine from the yard — but inspectors know better.

Why is the smoke from your fireplace going into your living room, and not up the chimney? Here's what might be happening.

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Nobody throws a party for their flue system. No one puts "schedule masonry inspection" on their vision board. But here's the ...

I never owned a house with a working fireplace until this one, so I've tried to learn as much as I can about how they function. One of my major concerns was the condition of the chimney. We had it ...

Jenn plants a woodland garden; Mauro shows how to patch porcelain; Mark repairs a chimney. Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner plant native plants to mimic a natural woodland garden; Mauro Henrique shows a ...