Q:I have a 50-year-old one-story freestanding brick chimney with one flue (see photo). A chimney sweep recently did an inspection and noted the part of the chimney extending above the roofline could ...

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 ...

When a chimney sweep climbs down from his ladder and says you need to spend thousands of dollars on repairs before it's safe to put match to kindling, how can you be certain he's not just blowing ...

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 ...

I just bought a limestone with a non-working fireplace and a decorative mantle. Small amounts of dust are coming down the chimney into the mantle. (Dust is red so looks like coming from bricks.) I am ...

If you hear something that sounds like gremlins chattering in your old brick chimney this July, don't panic — you probably just have baby chimney swifts. After a long day spent snapping up insects and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WHITEMARSH — Conshohocken native Joe Ochal brings his background in science to the chimney cleaning business he started in 2014. It’s even in the name — ...