Q: I live in an older home in San Mateo. I think it was built about 1930. It's two stories and has a masonry fireplace in the ground-floor living room. The home has natural gas central heating and a ...

Before the temperature starts to fall, there are several things you can do to make sure your wood-burning fireplace is safe and efficient. The National Fire Protection Association recommends chimneys ...

Curling up in front of the fire is one of the best ways to spend those long, cold winter nights. Curling up in front of the ...

Although considered by most to be a low-cost method of heating a room, traditional, open-masonry fireplaces create the reverse affect on the rest of your home. (Staff-Shot) Q. I am renovating my home ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

The Maricopa County Air Quality Department wants to encourage residents not to burn wood and contribute to air pollution this holiday season. And it wants to help you toward that goal. If you act fast ...

Say you’ve got this very nice gas fireplace. It looks great in your living room and produces some gentle warmth. But you want more. More flames, more heat, more scent, more spectacle. Or maybe you’d ...

Frigid winter weather may prompt you to fire up that warm, cozy fireplace. However, a wood-burning fire in your fireplace can cause a number of health problems. The smoke produced by the fire can ...

Wood burning fireplaces are the most traditional, but they can still be stylish. The Gyrofocus was designed by Dominique Imbert in 1968, and in 2009, was voted "The world's most beautiful object." But ...

From cavemen huddling around a fire for warmth and safety to family and friends gathering for a festive event, fires and fireplaces have played a special role in human life. Wood has traditionally ...