Mercury News: San Ramon: Fire at historic Harlan House being investigated as arson
SAN RAMON — For years, as he waited to get a final approval to build an assisted living center at the historic Harlan House he owns, Sohail Siddiqi worried that it might succumb to its age or a fire.
You can try bracing it to the house by attaching steel brackets of some sort to the chimney and structure of the house to buy you a year, maybe, but even then i wouldnt want a couple 2x4's to hold up thousands of pounds of brick and masonry. Is there just that one flue in the chimney?
I am strongly considering switching to wood pellets or corn to heat my house. I currently heat with an outdoor wood boiler, but I need something that I can leave for a day and not worry about tending the fire every 6-8 hours. I was planning on an indoor pellet boiler, but I would need to do...
Hello All, First time posting here, I was wondering if I could get some advice on a situation I’m dealing with, I’ll try to be as concise as possible. My family and I just moved into a new house 4 months ago located next to a wood burner. He has a wood stove that has been used all winter as...
Hey guys, So I have a very small house in Western MA (main floor just under 900sq ft + walkout basement/built in garage which will not be heated, about 700sq ft of basement that will be heated). I have all electric baseboard heat on my main floor and my basement has a non-functioning gas stove...