Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

When the consumer attempts to open/close the damper, it can become stuck in its current position. In addition, some of the dampers were assembled backwards and are set to the closed position when the ...

The pilot light in a gas fireplace is a small gas-fueled flame that stays lit constantly, igniting the main burners when heat ...

Nick is a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the home improvement industry. Now one of Forbes Home’s in-house writers, he previously wrote for Forbes Home as a freelance writer. He has ...

Q. We live in a historic home (over a hundred years old), but the chimney is estimated to have been built in the 1920's. It is on an exterior (north) wall and is about 40 feet tall. When we bought the ...