Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as ...

They are popping up in backyards all over. Outdoor wood burning furnaces are replacing traditional oil and natural gas boilers as the primary heating source for some homeowners in a bid to buck ...

If you have access to firewood on your property, an outdoor furnace can provide heat for a lot of uses—including heating your home. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house.

Question: I was looking into furnaces. I was set to go with a wood burning outdoor furnace. Then I was told that the stack must be at least 15 feet high. I was also told the heat isn’t constant unless ...

For the first time in three years of trying, legislation to tighten regulations on outdoor wood furnaces has passed a chamber of the legislature. The Senate passed and sent to the House an amended ...

HAMDEN -- A half-dozen residents spoke to the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night about the effects of outdoor wood-burning furnaces, the majority of them saying that banning them outright ...

Connecticut is a state looking for renewable energy sources, where wood is in abundant supply. But one method of heating with renewable fuel, outdoor wood furnaces, could be all but banned under terms ...

Outdoor wood furnaces have become increasingly popular across the North Country. They can save homeowners more than a thousand dollars a year on... Apr 28, 2010 — Outdoor wood furnaces have become ...

Union Township officials are once again looking into an ordinance to address outdoor furnaces. Such furnaces or boilers usually burn wood or other fuel continuously and are typically used outdoors to ...