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 ...

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 ...

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.

The tension between use of local, low-cost energy sources and the health effects of breathing wood smoke played out for hours in a hearing room Wednesday, as the Environment Committee heard testimony ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...