Thanks to the draught that they let in, they can make it much harder to heat a room. That's where knowing how to draught-proof a chimney comes in, which, fortunately, can be a quick and easy fix.

The wildlife charity says homes with fireplaces cannot use or light them if they discover birds living in their chimney breast. Those who use their chimney, such as for a log burner, coal ...

Her latest book is ‘The Dinner Table’, a collection of food writing If you will forgive the Victoriana kitsch opening: spare a thought for the humble chimney sweep. Not only frozen in the ...

This is the dramatic moment a chimney fell from a Glasgow tenement and narrowly avoided hitting parked cars below. Ellen Adair caught the moment when the bricks tumbled onto the pavement below as ...

A Glasgow woman has been left "shocked" after she captured the moment a chimney fell onto the street, narrowly avoiding parked cars below. Ellen Adair captured the dramatic moment on Cresswell ...

Some say they have been branded 'polluters' and have been 'stigmatised' for using them. Chimney sweeps in Brighton and Hove say they have been asked to park away some distance from the homes of ...

The house was reduced to rubble, save for the stone chimney, which stands defiantly ... a striking thought kept coming up: What if the gargoyles survived? We reasoned that the bar was below ...

With Christmas behind us and no risk of disturbing the work of the man in red, it’s time to start thinking about chimney maintenance. The National Fire Code of Canada recommends cleaning your chimney ...