If you want to change up your fireplace's brick mantle but don't want to paint over the brick, take a cue from this simple, ...

At least 15,000 brick chimneys were damaged in Los Angeles during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In Napa, about half of the residential buildings damaged were due to brick chimneys.

Probably here: A chimney is not just an elongated window, not just a portal from inside to outside with deep, brick sills. A chimney, in fact, is a machine for generating airflow to fuel combustion.

When Good Chimney Bricks Go Bad Q. My question is about chimney bricks. In 1987, I bought a twenty year old brick house. The furnace, gas water heater, and fireplace are all in the basement so the ...

Q:Some years ago, painters mistakenly painted one of the brick chimneys on my house black after I asked them to paint a stovepipe black. I am told that the black paint cannot be removed.

The fireplace has never been used and the whole chimney is 30 years old. None of my friends have ever had such a procedure done, and I know no reliable chimney sweeps.

Brick chimneys are easy to ignore. As the horrors of Loma Prieta fade from memory, we go on with our lives. But, sure as the sun rises, another big quake will come.

All brick chimneys lean away from the sun. After years of being heated and expanded on the sunny side, they yield to the heat expansion ever so minutely each year.

How to clean a brick fireplace: Smart prep tips. In addition to getting your chimney inspected, "Before the first burn of the season, make sure your chimney cap is firmly attached and working ...

Moisture causing brick to flake off chimney. Published: Aug. 28, 2007, 1:55 a.m. By . Zolton Cohen | The Grand Rapids Press; Q. Our home was built in 1937 with a coal furnace located in the basement.