Although considered by most to be a low-cost method of heating a room, traditional, open-masonry fireplaces create the reverse affect on the rest of your home. (Staff-Shot) Q. I am renovating my home ...

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The typical range for installing a gas fireplace insert is $700 to $6,500 with a national average of $3,600. Cost factors for installing a gas fireplace insert include the insert size, labor and ...

A ban on putting wood burning fireplaces in new homes and buildings under construction in the Bay Area went into effect this month, along with the start of the new winter Spare the Air season. Wood ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As fireplaces heat up for the holiday season, some could experience the equivalent of the bad air the Bay Area saw during the recent wildfires. That has some people rethinking ...

From cavemen huddling around a fire for warmth and safety to family and friends gathering for a festive event, fires and fireplaces have played a special role in human life. Wood has traditionally ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire in your wood-burning fireplace are wonderful until your heating bill arrives. Then you ...

Home builders throughout Southern California will be banned from installing wood-burning fireplaces under a new set of anti-smog regulations adopted Friday. And residents already used to lighting a ...