Three years ago I had to replace half my chimney at a cost of thousands of dollars because of crumbling mortar and cracked bricks. The mason who finished the job told me I needed to have the chimney ...

Q: Our 1940 home has a brick fireplace and chimney. We had it inspected recently and were told by several people that it has a crack near the roofline and needs to be taken down and rebuilt. The ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

The U.S. generating fleet has a large and aging inventory of radial brick chimneys, popular during the early half of the 20th century. Radial brick chimneys require regular maintenance and repair, for ...

Brick kilns in the Kathmandu Valley have adopted zig-zag system in brick production to reduce brick kiln emissions. Former industry minister Mahesh Basnet had released ‘Design Manual for Improved ...

If you hear something that sounds like gremlins chattering in your old brick chimney this July, don't panic — you probably just have baby chimney swifts. After a long day spent snapping up insects and ...