Rosanne is an interior design and home improvement writer with 8 years of experience. During that time she has worked with numerous businesses and publications. Rosanne has been with Forbes Home for ...

That new high-efficiency furnace you’re installing might come at a high price: a buildup of carbon monoxide around the water heater or condensation in the chimney. The source of the problem is what ...

Q: Not long ago you answered a question from a reader about fireplace chimneys. You talked at length about dampers but you did not mention the need for a chimney liner. My house is 1906 vintage, and a ...

I have to replace the lining in the chiminey from the boiler in the basement, all the way up to the roof of a 4 storey brownstone. I’ve had two estimates, one at $6000 and one at $2000. This includes ...

Q: We bought a Queen Anne 10 years ago, but have never used the chimneys because the chimney sweep said pigeons had been pecking at the mortar. There is no chimney liner. I have been up on the roof ...

“That’s too much — no one else even mentioned we’d need an expensive liner — you trying to rip us off here?” Chimneys — you can’t live with them and you can’t live without them — or at least you ...

This rigid chimney liner system is designed to increase the efficiency of an existing chimney and avoid the expense of making minor repairs. For existing chimneys that do not have the correct flue ...

Expanding demand for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in both new and retrofit applications for coal-fired power plants has required the use of suitable and cost-effective materials for flue gas ...