The outdoor fire pit and fireplace may have been at the top of many homeowners’ wish lists last summer, but the appeal of a flame — from real or faux logs — hasn’t died down. Fire options are showing ...

Although considered by most to be a low-cost method of heating a room, traditional, open-masonry fireplaces create the reverse affect on the rest of your home. (Staff-Shot) Q. I am renovating my home ...

From cavemen huddling around a fire for warmth and safety to family and friends gathering for a festive event, fires and fireplaces have played a special role in human life. Wood has traditionally ...

Getting cosy by the fire is a welcoming thought during a long, cold winter. If you’re thinking of installing a fireplace, will it be wood burning, gas or electric? Andy Cotnam of The Fireplace Center ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

Sometimes it seems that Mayor Bill de Blasio has a secret campaign to eliminate all traces of lingering Victorian charm from the city. After first going after carriage horses, a plan that has stumbled ...

How do I know if my fireplace is safe to use? Whether you have a gas or wood burning fireplace, you must be sure that it is safe to use. Falling debris, water streaks, excessive soot or heat, and ...

How to have a beautiful warm fire place in your home with no flue and no vent? Still a relatively new concept, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol gel ventless fireplaces have grown substantially even since ...

Say you’ve got this very nice gas fireplace. It looks great in your living room and produces some gentle warmth. But you want more. More flames, more heat, more scent, more spectacle. Or maybe you’d ...

PASADENA – The nights of curling up with a good book in front of a crackling fire are numbered in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District board voted unanimously Friday to ...

One thing few condos in our city have is a fireplace. Chilly winter weather invokes images of hunkering down by a cosy fire. So why don’t more condos have them? Anatomy refers to the difficulty of ...

Which electric fireplace inserts are best? Nothing compares to sitting next to a warm fireplace, sipping a hot beverage and reading a good book on a cold winter evening. While a traditional wood ...