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How to Fix Crumbling Chimney Mortar
Avoid extensive, costly damage to a masonry chimney. Maintain the mortar joints by tuck-pointing (repointing) them, and make sure the chimney crown...
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How to Fix Mortar in a Brick Chimney
The large amount of heat coming through a chimney means its mortar eventually begins to crack and break into bits. In some...
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What Type of Mortar Is Used in Chimneys?
The type of mortar used in brick construction can have a dramatic impact on the durability and performance of a structure. Mortar...
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What Is Mortar Made Of?
The recipe for mortar has changed through time, having been around for thousands of years in differing regions. Modern mortar is made...
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Chimney Mortar Repair
Repairing chimney mortar does not have to be a daunting task. For exterior cracks up to 1/8 of an inch in the...
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How to Mix Mortar for Chimney Caps
Mixing mortar and laying bricks may sound like a difficult task, but it can be straightforward if you have a small masonry...
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Fire Safety Facts for Kids
Many house fires occur in colder months when fireplaces are in use. fireplace image by askthegeek from Fotolia.com
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How to Repair Cracked Chimney Tiles
Chimney tiles are ceramic tiles that are used on your chimney flue (the ceramic cylinder at the tip of your chimney structure)....
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How to Repair a Chimney
Like all physical structures exposed to the outside, chimneys are often in need of repair. Traditionally, chimneys are built with mortar, which...
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How to Patch a Chimney
Though durable, the mortar between the bricks in a chimney is prone to cracking and crumbling due to the expansion and contraction...
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How Often Should You Clean a Chimney?
A wood-burning fireplace can give you many hours of enjoyment, but your chimney requires some routine maintenance and attention. Just how often...
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How to Fix Cracked Mortar
Brick is a beautiful building material but when the mortar cracks, the brick can come loose. Worse yet, they can allow for...
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How to Fix a Brick Chimney
Even solid brick and mortar erode over time as the mortar cracks and crumbles or the brick cracks and spalls. Unless these...
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How to Repair a Firebox
It's winter again, and everyone looks to the fireplace for warmth, roasting marshmallows or sitting in front of a fire with friends....
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How to Build a Brick Chimney in a Brick House
Building a brick chimney is a delicate project that takes skill and time to complete properly. If a chimney is not installed...
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Information on Chimney Dampers
When using a fireplace, a chimney damper will help control the amount of air coming in, or going out, through the chimney....
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How to Repair Chimney Crown Mortar
One of the most important elements of a brick or masonry chimney structure is the crown mortar, which acts as a sloped...
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How Long to Let Thinset Mortar Cure
Thinset mortar is a Portland cement-based product to which manufacturers add chemicals such as latex and silicone to help protect against moisture...