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Q: Some clients of mine are having severe downdraft (smoking) problems with fireplaces in a house I designed for them recently. The fireplaces are Rumford style, built from components and…

Q: My house had a high-efficiency boiler vented into a conventional masonry chimney. I have had tremendous efflorescence problems with the chimney ever since. Other chimneys in the house that vent…

Q: When I remodeled my house seven years ago, I added a woodstove with an exterior metal chimney, which is now the highest part of the house. Should I ground the…

Q: I’m building a house that will have a furnace and two fireplaces, each with separate flues and all sharing the same chimney. The fireplace flues will each be 16 in.…

Homeowners rarely see their chimney caps, and few people have ever called me to repair them. But when I'm asked to inspect a roof or an attic, I generally find myself looking down at the top of the chimney.

Q: The fireplace in Richard T. Kreh Sr.’s article Building an Efficient Fireplace has a smoke shelf, but it also has an interior chimney. As I understand it, the smoke shelf…

Installation details can make the difference between a trouble-free roof and an expensive callback.

Q: I want to replace the galvanized flue on my furnace with a brick chimney. The flue now sits over the garage floor. It is about 27 ft. high and is…

Q: I need to repair the tops of the two chimneys on my house. The main flue of one chimney is no longer used because we have replaced our furnace with…

Five years ago I installed a wood-burning furnace in my basement. The furnace works well and keeps my home at 75° when it's 10° outside. The only problem is that…