chase

We moved into our house 13 years ago and replaced the woodstove. The chase is an external box attached to the house with pipe going up the middle of it. We have a chimney cleaner come two times a year and still have fires every year in that pipe that turns it an evil glowing red pipe in and out...

I am framing a deck around a cantilevered fireplace chase. The old deck ledger was attached to the chase, which I have removed so there is no siding there, only sheathing. I am going to frame around the chase as in the picture below so there will be no new ledger attached on the chase. What...

We have a wood burning fireplace as supplement heat. It has a large chase that rock is mounted to inside the house and is on an interior wall. How do we insulate the chase in the house, attic and part that is on the roof so the cold air does not come down and cause condensation with the heat of...

Hi folks, I'm planning to upgrade my forced-air HVAC system in mid to end of summer with a full Heating and A/C system. The current system is an old oil fired Magic Chef unit with no AC on a basement tank. The current heating company (at time of purchase) came out and performed some...