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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Josh Schrag pulls a bucket containing a couple small pieces of concrete bricks on a line up to the top of the scaffolding to his brother, Dan, for chimney repairs they were doing Tuesday afternoon.