Q-We recently moved into a very old house. We both love it but are having quite a problem with our big brick fireplace-one of the things that attracted us to this house in the first place. Half the ...

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 ...

Cooler temperatures are finally here and may mean fireplaces will light up in many homes. Wood-burning fireplaces can be a pleasant source of warmth and comfort when the air gets crisp, but for some ...

Buy a bendable “noodle brush” to clean the smoke shelf and a long-handled brush to clean soot off the sides of the firebox. Pro tip: There’s no “one-size-fits-all” brush for cleaning the flue. So ...

Classic brick-and-mortar fireplaces aren't exactly hot these days, according to Joe LaVecchia of New Jersey's Abbey Hart Brick & Stone. "We used to sell a million firebricks a year in the 1970s," he ...