Homeowners still love a crackling, cozy fire. But environmental concerns, construction barriers and the lack of skills needed ...

Home fireplaces and wood stoves are quietly driving a large share of winter air pollution, even though only a small number of households rely on wood heat. Researchers found that wood smoke accounts ...

Wood-burning fireplaces offer a mix of nostalgia and simplicity. Being able to gaze through glass doors and actually see those hours of wood splitting heating your home through a traditional wood ...

If you have a wood fireplace, you might be tired of collecting firewood, the inefficient burning method, and the hassles of cleaning ashes. One option is to show off your DIY design chops and decorate ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As fireplaces heat up for the holiday season, some could experience the equivalent of the bad air the Bay Area saw during the recent wildfires. That has some people rethinking ...

Carriage horses, low-rise 19th-century buildings, wood burning fireplaces — the Mayor doesn’t seem to have much use for the 19th century. The mayor’s ban on building new wood burning fireplaces will ...

Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

There’s nothing better than the cheerful crackle and pop sounds of a warm, wood-burning fire. But it’s important to remember ...

Oregonians are lighting up their fireplaces and stoves again as colder, wetter weather returns, and they'll have to do their part to keep their smoke from contributing to air quality problems. Burning ...

Bruce Bruening and his wife were driving in Colorado about 15 years ago when something caught his eye. "There was a sign on a lodge that said 'Fireplace in every room.' I thought, 'That's got to be ...

WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Burn code updates that help residents determine if they are allowed to use a wood-burning fireplace, stove or other device begin in Washoe County Tuesday, Nov.