Dear Heloise: In a recent article, a reader said she had a problem with soot removal on fireplace glass. I spent 32 years as a chimney sweep. Do not wet the ashes and rub on the windows.

Question: How can I clean the glass doors on my fireplace? They are sooty, and regular window cleaner doesn't remove it. _ Marabelle Blount, Lansing, Mich. Answer: Simply spray the glass with some ...

Eleven enormous stained-glass windows, removed and boarded in 2022, are being reinstalled this week after a meticulous project that took hundreds of hours to clean and restore them. “It’s not ...

The glass-cleaning process involves gently ... as well as candle soot, so we can put the windows back into place and give back full brightness to Notre-Dame," she said. The cathedral has been ...

Health groups, environmentalists, and state governments won a major victory for clean air last month when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tighter regulations on one of the most ...