We've been burning a lot of types of wood, limbs and newspaper logs in our fireplace and want to know how to decide when it's time to have the chimney cleaned. -- L.O.G., Tulsa. Dean Schwoegler, owner ...

When discussing cleaning chimneys, it’s hard not to picture a singing-and-dancing Dick Van Dyke and his unique interpretation of a Cockney accent stepping-in-time on the rooftops of London in “Mary ...