Any one have experience with 18th century chimneys/fireplaces. I’m about to acquire a New England Colonial one year older than America. It has a huge center center chimney that sits on an extremely large fieldstone fo...

Hello, I am looking to rehab a few homes and I have come across a few tough decisions. First, on the exterior, the siding is a light blue grey but there is a brick boarder about 2 feet high that is yellow. It looks ...

Hello, I'm doing some work to my first rental and hopefully will be putting it on the market in Fort Collins, CO next month. I have lived in this town house for three years with out issue but it's 30 years old and is ...

I sold a new construction SF home a few years back and just received an email (see below) that the fireplace is not properly insulated. I'm looking for advice in responding. The picture is the actual fireplace. Ha...

My rental I just purchased has one unit with a wood burning fireplace and another with a wood burning stove. In both cases the tenants have been using them and have grown accustomed to doing so. My handyman strongly r...

I just acquired a property (yay!!) in Texas that has a fireplace.My current lease has no provision for one.Does any one have one that I can incorporate into my lease? Please feel free to share any fireplace education ...

This is a 1970's traditional home, in one of the nicest areas of Colorado Springs 3900 sq. ft. I have been interested in updating and flipping one of these larger properties.I've looked at a few like this and I get st...

This is in a house we just bought to rehab and hold, but now I think I am going to flip it instead. What would you do to this fireplace? I want it to look really nice, but not totally out of place in a neighborhoo...

Hi, BPersWe have seven cabins in the north Georgia and so far they perform ok. One most annoying issue we constantly got from guests is "hey, for some reason, we could not turn on fireplace, could you help?". Many tim...

Full disclosure! I never had to repair a chimney before and my knowledge in this regard is quite limited. I have purchase a property where the seller disclosed " Chimney Flu Sleeve is Cracked". I looked it up online a...