Fireplace Maintenance
Our fireplace maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.
How To Get Your Chimney Ready for Use in Winter
Relaxing in front of your fireplace is lovely—when it’s safe. Read this guide to prevent hazards and make sure your chimney is in good working condition this winter.
How To Make Common Chimney Repairs
Here are the most common issues homeowners experience with their brick chimneys, plus tips on how to repair them.
Fall Yard and Home Maintenance Checklist: 12 Simple Items
As fall begins, there are a few maintenance tasks around the house. Here are 12 ways to prepare your yard and home for the cooler season.
Fireplace Maintenance Tasks To Complete in the Fall and Winter
Read this guide to understand the steps for maintaining your fireplace to keep it functioning safely and properly for years to come.
All About Chimney Flues
To maintain the chimney flues that safely channel smoke and fumes from fuel-burning appliances to the outside, they should be inspected and cleaned on a regular basis.
How to Clean Fireplace Brick
If you’ve got soot stains on your fireplace’s hearth or brick facade, we’ll walk you through how to clean fireplace brick to get rid of unsightly black discoloration and the smell of smoke.
How To Prep Your Home's Fireplace for New Tile Installation
Fireplaces can make beautiful home additions, but is yours outdated? Here's how you can update your mantel and prepare it for new tiling.
How to Tile a Fireplace
Learn how to tile a fireplace hearth and surround. This Old House expert Jenn Largesse walks you through the entire process.
Splitting Firewood by Hand vs. Machine
Learn how to split firewood, both by hand and with a machine, from This Old House's Tom Silva and Jenn Nawada.
How & When To Clean Your Chimney
Learn how and when to clean your chimney properly to prevent dangerous creosote buildup and reduce the risk of chimney fires.
How to Build a Fire in a Fireplace
Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough demonstrates the best way to build a fire in order to prevent smoke from filling up the room.
How To Restore a Historic Fireplace
Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough delicately restores a damaged historic fireplace built with custom, nearly irreplaceable bricks.
17 Fireplace Upgrades
We rounded up 17 ideas to help you update and modernize your fireplace whether you have a tile fireplace or a brick fireplace.