Checking your fireplace before winter keeps your home safe by preventing hidden problems like blockages or fire hazards. A full winter prep should include cleaning the chimney, testing the draft, and ...

Keep comfy, cozy, and safe this winter by understanding the risks of chimney fires and how you can prepare before you start ...

Dear Tyler: Your smoking wood-burning fireplace in your living room unfortunately is a very common problem. Once a room has filled with smoke from a fireplace, it is difficult to ever completely ...

Question:: I am adding a room on to my house, and it will have a fireplace. The existing fireplace in the living room is often smoky. How can I keep the new fireplace from filling the room with smoke?

Dear Jim: We had many trees taken down due to ash borers, so I plan to use my fireplace more this fall and winter. I have never had much luck building fires without smoking up the room. Do you have ...

HOUSTON – We know many people will be trying to stay warm during the drastic drop in temperatures, but if you’ll be using a fireplace to do that, here are some things you need to know before lighting ...

Q. Tim, I really need your help. I just moved into my new home and have a smoking full masonry fireplace. It’s 55 inches wide and has an arched opening that’s 33.5 inches at the peak of the arch. It ...

The 2023 wildfire season has been one for the history books in the United States, particularly in Washington state. It’s been so bad that a new study from Climate Central, a nonprofit that reports on ...