For many homeowners, fireplaces have become the nice china of home features: dusted off only for special occasions. Although attractive, they are messy to operate, and that homey glow they produce ...

Every house Susan Moch and her husband, Roland Poirier, have owned during their 40 years of marriage has had a fireplace. But fireplaces are notorious for wasting energy because the heat escapes ...

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LAKEVILLE, Minn., July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heat & Glo, the 50-year hearth industry innovator, has just introduced the SupremeX fireplace insert — the most authentic gas fire experience available.

Heat-set inserts are a great way to embed mechanically-strong, threaded parts into a 3D print. For installation, all that is required is an economical soldering iron; something most of us already have ...

A new plane insert bearing housing from MRC Bearing Services, Kulpsville, Pa. (mrcbearingservices.com), lets bearings operate at temperatures to 500F. The steel inner and outer rings resist corrosion ...