Fireplaces
How to Prep Your Fireplace for the Cold Season
Before you spark up the logs, make a clean sweep using these seven crucial fireplace safety tips
17 Fireplace Remodel Ideas
We rounded up our favorite ideas to help you update your fireplace for a more modern look.
An Easy Guide to Gas Fireplaces
We break down the different types of gas fireplaces, questions to consider, key features, and costs.
Make a Mantel from Molding Profiles
This mantel is actually made up of numerous molding profiles applied one on top of the other to create depth, shadow lines, and architectural interest. Here's a look at how the various pieces come together
The Best Fireplace Inserts of 2023
Adding a fireplace insert to a living room or other area of your home can help keep you warm, and cut down on expensive heating bills, without the hassle of maintaining a traditional wood fireplace. Here are out top fireplace insert recommendations.
How to Install a Stone-Veneer Fireplace Surround
Lightweight cast stones add rustic charm to any hearth, for a fraction of the cost of the real thing. In this video, senior technical editor Mark Powers shows how easy it is to dress up your fireplace
Get Your Firebrick in Shape
How to repair loose mortar before the wood-burning season starts
Good Wood Fires
How to prep your fireplace for its busy season, with tips from chimney expert Mark Schaub
Tiles for the Hearth
Masonry products ideal for fireplace decoration
How to Install a Fireplace Mantel
Learn how to install a wood mantel on a brick fireplace.
Fireplace Design Ideas
On a cold night, an industrial drum filled with coals is a beautiful fireplace. The trick is to create a fireplace that is art without a flame. Like these, for example.
How to Install Glass Fireplace Doors
Retrofit your wood-burning fireplace with safer glass fireplace doors.
Installing a New Mantel
You can give your fireplace a face-lift by replacing its decorative frame
How to Reface a Fireplace Surround and Hearth
Here's how you can make your home more comfortable, attractive, and safe with a new fireplace surround and hearth.
Easy Mantel Makeover
Installing a ready-made mantel over a brick fireplace
Get More Heat from Your Fireplace and Wood Stove
Convert any fireplace or wood stove into a pellet stove
What is a Rumford Fireplace?
Rumford expert Jim Buckley explains how to build a better fireplace using 18th-century engineering.
Up in Smoke
How can you tell if your chimney is a fire hazard? Follow the advice of chimney specialist Mark Shaub who checked out the chimneys on This Old House TV's Charlestown project