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 ...

I never owned a house with a working fireplace until this one, so I've tried to learn as much as I can about how they function. One of my major concerns was the condition of the chimney. We had it ...

Q: We want to sell our home but the house has major problems. The foundation is settling, and the brick chimney is pulling away from the building. We need to know if the foundation has to be fixed ...