I have had several inquiries about furnaces and fireplaces. Since this is the start of the heating season, there are a few safety tips and suggestions for performing your own inspection. 1. If the ...

A furnace flue fire damaged an Overland Park apartment building Wednesday afternoon.Overland Park firefighters were called to the Evergreen Apartments in the 9200 block of West 79th Street at 12:30 ...

Since this is the start of the heating season, here are my eight top safety tips and suggestions for performing your own furnace and fireplace inspections. 1. If the fossil-fueled furnace is more than ...

Q. We have had a persistent leak in the ceiling by our fireplace. I read in your column that a saddle or a cricket behind the chimney would help this. We had a new saddle installed but have found that ...

I have had several inquiries about furnaces and fireplaces. Because this is the start of the heating season, there are a few safety tips and suggestions for performing your own inspection. - If the ...

Q: We have a high-efficiency condensing furnace that vents out a side wall. Should I be concerned about the icicles I see built up on the plastic pipe outside the house? -M.C. Kalamazoo. A: No. What ...

Plant operators have used combustion flue gas analysis for decades as a method of optimizing boiler combustion fuel/air ratios. By measuring the amount of excess oxygen and/or carbon monoxide (CO) in ...

I'm going to guess that you have a newer furnace. If that's true, you're probably getting condensation in the flue. Older furnaces didn't have that issue. The hot flue gas they produced literally shot ...