Recently purchased a 2 family property in upstate New York and got the news from a chimney specialist that the stone chimney may not be worth saving. It was built in 1930 and the chimney is pulling away from the struc...

Hello BP,My tenant attempted to turn on the gas to the fireplace and apparently gas was leaking. After having a plumber go out to check for a gas leak there was apparently one in the fireplace. Thank God the house did...

I have a fireplace that has a very dirty and stained black metal surround.  This is the part that has vents and the glass doors are attached to it.  Basically the face of the insert.  We surrounded this with new stone...

Any recommendations on cleaing this sandstone fireplace.I figured I'd hit BP up before trying sulfuric acid and all the safety gear required to do that.

Does anyone out there know something about remodeling fireplaces? 

We have a rental home with a fireplace that was deemed ‘not functional’ because the firebox was rusted through. We put in a wood burning insert and it was pretty expensive. Is this tax-deductible?  Much thanks!

Hi all - In the process of a buying a home in SLP and converting my current townhome into a rental. Does anyone have any good recommendations for the following:1. Plumber - need to replace a bathtub and the guy I usua...

I'm remodeling a historic house (1910) and could use the contact information for a gas fire place insert supplier. I've seen the models at Home Depot and Lowes but i'm not overly impressed, so I figured I would ch...

Never done this, and curious what others are paying for similar work: Need to replace the firebox and liner, chimney is siding so they are recommending to pull off the siding and pull out the old firebox from the back...

This is in the "master bedroom" which was really a room converted from a garage at some point...

Would you allow tenants to use it, or block it somehow so that it can't be used? Or try to remove the fireplace/chimney...