Q. Our home was built in 1937 with a coal furnace located in the basement. When we purchased the home in 1960, the furnace had been converted over to gas. In about1982 we replaced the furnace with a ...

Three years ago I had to replace half my chimney at a cost of thousands of dollars because of crumbling mortar and cracked bricks. The mason who finished the job told me I needed to have the chimney ...

Spring time is a good time to check any brick structures on your property. With all the rain and snow this winter, you want to check to see if there's any ground erosion that may cause the chimney or ...

Q. I own a ranch home that is about 50 years old. About 10 or 12 years ago the facing of the chimney brickwork began to spall and 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick pieces began to fall off a number of the bricks ...

What Can I Do About A Leaning Brick Chimney? A leaning chimney is not an optical illusion. It is a reality that needs to be addressed sooner, rather than later. If you look at the side of your home ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Chilly weather is moving into East Tennessee for the fall season, which means many in the area might start up their fireplaces. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, ...

Dash it all! It seems to take so blasted long to get clothed for the office these days, what with button-hooking the boots, those darned gaiters, buttoning those trousers all the way up and then there ...

Charlottesville is not where Cassie and Carrington Guy expected to end up. The couple first hired architect Thomas Ryan in 2013—like them, he was then based in New York, just starting his own firm—to ...

Local Chimney inspectors are keeping busy as the temperatures cool off in Northern Nevada. “It is the cheapest fire insurance ...

After cutting through a wall to make a bathroom doorway, homeowners found something they didn't expect or quite understand.