From grand Victorian mansions to humble country homes, chimneys have a rich history of keeping homes warm and creating a more comfortable atmosphere. Historically, chimney sweeping has been infamously ...

Steven Carter is a master sweep, having swept well over 40,000 chimneys in the past four decades. Though he might not dance on rooftops like Dick Van Dyke’s cockney sweep in “Mary Poppins,” the London ...

January 13, 2015 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Chimney maintenance is often overlooked, but your safety relies on a well cleaned chimney. This chimney ...

Shelby is an editor with an affinity for covering home improvement and repair, design and real estate trends. She also specializes in content strategy and entrepreneur coaching for small businesses, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. So should you board up your hearth for good? Not necessarily. The right equipment can ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

As summer gives way to cooler weather, a new local business is encouraging homeowners to prepare their fireplaces before the ...

If you own a fireplace and use it regularly, fall is the time to give serious thought to hiring a chimney sweep — before you light your first fire. Chimney sweeping is an intricate and sometimes ...

BOISE — Other than sharing the same profession, Ritchie Abromeit has just one thing in common with Bert, the happy-go-lucky chimney sweep in the 1964 film “Mary Poppins”: His hands are filthy. Unlike ...

Chimney Collective, a residential chimney, fireplace, and masonry services platform, today announced its partnership with ...