Installing a lock-top chimney damper is a common project among do-it-yourself homeowners. As fireplaces and chimneys age they tend to deteriorate from use, foundation shifting, and weather. This ...

Well, that may be overstating things a bit, but when you think about it, that's not too far off. The point of any gasoline fueled piston engine is to convert the raw energy created from a controlled ...

A fireplace certainly is a pleasant and attractive feature for a home, but it can allow many unwanted things to enter through the chimney. Cold air and, depending where you live, an occasional bat are ...

Every now and then, we stumble across a product that at first doesn't excite us all that much, but after using it we get as fired up as we did the first time we made tires smoke in the high-school ...

Ever since Nads got his car back with the new Toda internals, he's been nothing but Persian smiles. That is, until his motor made an unnatural clunking noise not much different than a really wet fart.

On July 1, 2002, manufacturers of fire, smoke, and combination fire/smoke dampers must have their products comply with the new testing requirements of UL 555 and UL 555S. These new testing ...