A furnace flue fire damaged an Overland Park apartment building Wednesday afternoon.Overland Park firefighters were called to the Evergreen Apartments in the 9200 block of West 79th Street at 12:30 ...

I recently looked at a house that has a brick chimney with mineral deposits on its exterior, apparently the result of moisture condensation inside the chimney. This problem is not uncommon, and may ...

As you go for that morning jog ( You are jogging every morning, right? Immediately after that low-fat, lemon, poppy-seed, caramel muffin and the soy latte) you probably note amidst the quiet and still ...

Q. We had a chimney cleaning service inspect our chimney and they suggested that we install an insulated flexible aluminum flue liner in our chimney connected directly to our gas water heater vent.

Since this is the start of the heating season, here are my eight top safety tips and suggestions for performing your own furnace and fireplace inspections. 1. If the fossil-fueled furnace is more than ...

TROY, Ohio (WDTN) – Fire officials believe a flue pipe did not function properly at the home where four children were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Three of the children died. One remains ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he has sometimes suffered from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do — the facts that he gathers ...

One of the most divisive topics in our industry is red-tagging a gas furnace. There are usually two types of calls where you could find yourself in this situation. The first is during a routine ...

I'm going to guess that you have a newer furnace. If that's true, you're probably getting condensation in the flue. Older furnaces didn't have that issue. The hot flue gas they produced literally shot ...

Q. We have had a persistent leak in the ceiling by our fireplace. I read in your column that a saddle or a cricket behind the chimney would help this. We had a new saddle installed but have found that ...