The insert is so unobtrusive that upon first glance you don’t even realize our fireplace isn’t real. Its addition to the space felt organic, which adds to the realism. The last thing you want is to ...

A professional offers valuable insight into how to know whether your fireplace is truly ready for the colder months ahead.

Which electric fireplace inserts are best? Nothing compares to sitting next to a warm fireplace, sipping a hot beverage and reading a good book on a cold winter evening. While a traditional wood ...

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 ...

When the temperatures outside begin to drop there's nothing we'd rather do than curl up by the fire, sip hot cocoa, and read a good book. But if your home doesn't have a traditional fireplace, this is ...

Check Before You Burn started Nov. 1 across the Sacramento region to curb air pollution created by smoke. Here’s when you can and can’t burn. Rawf8 Getty Images/iStockphoto As the weather begins a ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency is accepting grant applications for its wood-burning stoves change-out program. “This grant can help people replace their inefficient, smoky, old wood stoves,” ...

They produce more harmful particulate matter than diesel trucks and cigarette smoke. They release carbon dioxide and toxic chemicals that can lead to dire health and climate outcomes. Yet efforts to ...

As the air cools and Metro Vancouver residents start dreaming of cozy fireplace evenings, there’s an important deadline on the horizon. Under Metro Vancouver’s Residential Indoor Wood Burning Bylaw, ...