Make sure your fireplace is prepped and the flue damper is open. Then, start stacking firewood using either the log cabin or ...

Schedule periodic inspections: For homeowners who use their fireplace regularly, an annual inspection is recommended. If your ...

Q: Not long ago you answered a question from a reader about fireplace chimneys. You talked at length about dampers but you did not mention the need for a chimney liner. My house is 1906 vintage, and a ...

Chimneys, or flues, are designed to allow smoke and dangerous gasses to move safely out of houses, but they fail to operate ...

Q. We had a chimney cleaning service inspect our chimney and they suggested that we install an insulated flexible aluminum flue liner in our chimney connected directly to our gas water heater vent.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the National Fire Protection Association as the National Fire Protection Agency. The article has been corrected. It’s that time of year when ...

A couple of weeks back, I responded to a question about dampness near a first-floor fireplace that our reader thought might be related to a recurring leak in the ceiling of the room above. Readers ...