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My firm gets more calls about leaks around chimneys than about any other problem. More often than not, the culprit is the flashing–the sheet metal that keeps the intersection between the chimney and ...

Q. I read your column every week and appreciate the guidance. Here’s my situation: I have a two-story home, in which the living room and family rooms are directly over each other. Both rooms have wood ...

Q: I used my masonry fireplace as often as possible during winter to cut my utility bills. What should I do to minimize the amount of creosote buildup and what chimney problems should I look for now?

Q: My question concerns the chimney and flue arrangement in my house. The house was built in 1963. It is a one story ranch with no basement. The house originally used electric radiant heat in the ...

On cold winter days there is perhaps nothing better than gathering around a fireplace, but that enjoyable fire can quickly turn dangerous. Chimney problems sparked two fires in the metro in the past ...

After a string of four fires in two days in the city, Newport Beach firefighters are reminding the public to check and maintain fireplace equipment and chimneys. In a span of 48 hours on the New ...