Bought a 1980 ranch style house with 2 fireplaces side by side one facing the LR and one the kitchen. The wall divides the kitchen/family room from a formal living/dining room.

The more modern look is to be open wit...

I’m closing on a quad next week. Each unit has a fireplace but none of the wood burning fireplaces are functional.

Have other investors found that there is great value in having functional fireplaces? I’m just wonde...

I'm looking at a grade B SFR that has a masonry wood burning fireplace in the main living room. It's fully functional, has a beautiful mantel and glass doors and is really attractive, but it has me concerned. I REALLY...

Hello BP community! I just bought my first rental property (SFR) and it has a fireplace. Should I allow tenants to use it? Or, is it too much of a liability?

Question for landlords or anyone with experience on this on. My new rental has a fireplace. I would assume that it should be blocked off with some type of decorative tile or something of that nature. Sticking with the...

Hi BPs,

My tenant said there is cold air coming in from the fireplace on and old property. Contractor found that the fireplace damper somehow was removed (bummer). He said it's too costly to reinstall this an...

I'm rehabbing my latest house in Florida, first one with a fireplace.

Apparently it leaks. Since it is Florida there are not many contractors in my area that specialize in fireplaces, only two to be exact....

So I have a question for all of you seasoned landlords. My wife and I have differing opinions on this, so we decided that BP will be our answer.

On one of our rental properties, the tenants asked us if they could us...

I was hoping to get a little discussion going on what to do with the brick fireplace I have in the pic below. My fiance had a great idea to whitewash it or paint it a lighter color. I hadn't originally planned on...

What would you do with this fireplace? I am not fond of the stone and want to do a more updated stone/tile with more contrasting colors, this one seems very dull to me. My husband on the other hand thinks it will b...