Rosanne is an interior design and home improvement writer with 8 years of experience. During that time she has worked with numerous businesses and publications. Rosanne has been with Forbes Home for ...

Talk about “out of sight-out-of-mind”! Who ever sticks their face in a chimney to conduct a visual inspection of the flue? The Guys usually save this thinking for creepy places like crawl spaces or ...

Chimneys exhaust lethal combustion gases from household appliances like gas-fired water heaters, and from woodstoves and fireplaces. That’s why chimneys are built with double walls, typically, an ...

At first glance, the concept seems ludicrous: Build a bonfire inside a home constructed entirely of wood, let the enclosure sit in the weather for many decades, perform little or no maintenance and ...

Q: Not long ago you answered a question from a reader about fireplace chimneys. You talked at length about dampers but you did not mention the need for a chimney liner. My house is 1906 vintage, and a ...