Where to start with chimneys? Probably here: A chimney is not just an elongated window, not just a portal from inside to outside with deep, brick sills. A chimney, in fact, is a machine for generating ...

Q: Our 1940 home has a brick fireplace and chimney. We had it inspected recently and were told by several people that it has a crack near the roofline and needs to be taken down and rebuilt. The ...

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 ...

My chimney needs some tender loving care. I had a few contractors come to assess the repairs, but none of them made me feel very comfortable. They all talked about how my chimney top (some called it a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. gabort71 / Getty Images The average chimney cleaning cost is $220. Chimney cleaning costs range from $105 to $330. Chimney ...

Our neighbor’s chimney collapsed a while ago as a result of neglect. The chimney is right on the party wall between the two brownstone buildings, but the flues are all my neighbor’s. (Our own chimney ...

The August earthquake that rocked the D.C. area is still shaking-up homeowners. But it’s more than just an inconvenience for homeowners. The earthquake-cracked tiles that line chimneys potentially ...

For residents of the Front Range and the surrounding Colorado mountains, winter is more than just a season; it is a test of residential infrastructure.