Q: We had a small wood-burning stove installed in our family room with pipes coming out the top and running up to the roof. This was more than 10 years ago. About five years ago, my husband bought a ...

The author’s woodstove is plumbed to a recycled water heater that sits above the stove, allowing the thermosiphon effect to circulate water between them. For years, we’ve been experimenting with ...

[Michel] has a wood stove in his basement for extra heat in the winter. While this is a nice secondary heat source, he has creosote buildup in the chimney to worry about. [Michel] knows that by ...

If you have a wood stove or a fireplace for back-up heat, or as your main heat source, you’ve probably already thought to tune it up for winter. But cleaning your chimney and hearth and using ...

Sit by the fire with less cleaning, less work, and less pollution. On cold, still winter nights in San Francisco, it’s illegal to use a fireplace. As in a handful of other places, the local air ...