Schedule a technician for a wood-burning fireplace before winter. Remove nearby flammable items and add a screen. A gas fireplace needs a pre-winter pro visit, too. The technician cleans the unit and ...

Enjoying a cup of tea by a warm fire sounds like heaven on cold winter nights, but should you turn off your home's central heating while the fireplace is lit? It might seem like a common-sense ...

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Learn how to enjoy a cozy fire while keeping the rest of your home at a comfortable temperature. Enjoying a cup of tea by a warm fire sounds like heaven on cold winter nights, but should you turn off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person carefully places a piece of wood into a lit fireplace - Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images Sometimes there's nothing quite ...

My husband and I live in a condo with a fireplace. We burn a wood fire regularly when the weather is cool. It’s how we heat our living room and TV area. One of our neighbors is complaining that the ...

Fireplaces can transform your home into a cozy escape, but it's important to keep your house safe from fires and put the proper precautions in place to lessen your risk. Though there are several ways ...

Dear Jim: I always buy firewood to use in my open fireplace. I burn it just for ambiance, not really for heat. I thought about using fireplace logs instead. Are they as efficient and as good for the ...

We write about this topic every year because, quite frankly, there’s a lot of misinformation on the internet about the benefits of using fireplace ashes in your garden. And, since we are entering ...