Q: I have a problem with my chimney. It is a brick chimney on the gable of a 15-year-old colonial. The problem is in the attic, where I noticed a leak right where the chimney is along the rafter and ...

Q: We have two chimneys, both painted white. The one for the furnace is fine, but bricks keep popping out of the other chimney, which is for two fireplaces that we do not even use. The flues for these ...

Question: I'm looking for advice on how to cap off an unused chimney. Last season I replaced my extremely old oil furnace with a high-efficiency propane furnace. The oil furnace used the chimney to ...

Question: What’s the best type of insulation for stuffing a chimney pipe that is being decommissioned? I’ll put a foam cap on the top and bottom, too, but just wondering what I should use to stuff in ...

We have a nice old house with an obvious flaw: The chimney curves. One contractor told us to brace the chimney and convert the home's heating system to a boiler that vents through the sidewall, not ...

Whether store-bought or handmade, fabric draft stoppers — long, rectangular cloth tubes stuffed with soft, pliable filling — are a stylish and simple way to block drafts that leak through cracks and ...