Practical advice on fireplaces, braai rooms and chimney care to help you plan your next home project.
Home Improvement
A TV on the wall looks great until the bracket sags or the cables hang loose. Here is how to choose the...
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Fireplaces
A fireplace with a fan blows warm air out into the room instead of letting it collect near the ceiling or inside...
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Home Improvement
A roof paint job is mostly preparation. Here is how to tell when your roof needs painting, which paint suits tiles or...
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Fireplaces
A brick surround and a steel stove need very different paints. Use the wrong one and it blisters, smells or peels after...
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Home Improvement
Grout that is cracked, crumbling or black with mould can usually be cut out and replaced without lifting a single tile. Here...
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Home Improvement
Good brick paving is mostly hidden under the surface. Here is how to choose a paving design for a driveway or patio,...
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Fireplaces
A pellet stove feeds small wood pellets into the fire for you and holds the room at a set temperature. It is...
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Fireplaces
A hairline crack in a fire brick is normal. A brick that is crumbling, missing pieces or showing the steel behind it...
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Fireplaces
Quick answer: a good fireplace installer works to SANS clearances, issues a Certificate of Compliance on gas work, quotes the flue in...
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Fireplaces
Quick answer: replacing cracked fireplace glass typically costs a few hundred rand for the glass plus fitting, a new rope seal costs...
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Braai
Quick answer: a braai room (braai kamer) needs three things to actually work — a properly flued braai, enough ventilation that guests...
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Fireplaces
Electric heaters cost more to run than most people realise. Here's why an indoor wood burning stove is still the smarter, warmer...
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chimney
Finding a chimney for sale is the easy part. Buying the right one is where most SA homeowners trip up. Here are...
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