Once the last brick or stone is laid at the top of the chimney, it needs the correct cap so the chimney lasts for hundreds of years.

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) developed years ago the most authoritative set of instructions on residential chimneys, including how to make a chimney crown waterproof.

While chimney swifts are not new to the city, a proposed tower structure will help provide shelter for the birds that find their potential nesting sites are dwindling.

Learn everything you need to know to build a Russian masonry heater with bricklaying know-how and masonry fireplace construction details.