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Breathe easy: Clean-burning wood stoves are on the way

New EPA regulations will clean up the biggest problem with burning wood: Pollution and particulates.

Tips for cleaner burning in fireplaces, wood stoves to help reduce air pollution

Efficient fireplaces and stoves can reduce the impacts to air quality, but good wood burning practices are necessary to reduce their overall pollution.

How to Stay Safe When Using Wood Stoves

Wood stoves are popular because they can help lower heating costs, but avoid these common mistakes to make sure you stay safe.

Reasons to Choose a Wood Burning Stove

Wood burning stoves are a great choice for homeowners looking for an efficient and effective way to heat their home. Wood stoves come with numerous benefits and our chimney sweeps can help determine the best wood burning stove for your needs and lifestyle.

What We Love About Antique Wood Burning Stoves

There's so much to enjoy about these old work-horses!

Wood-Burning Installation and Maintenance

Wood-burning fireplaces and your health: How to stay safe

Wood-burning fireplaces can produce harmful pollutants, but these precautions reduce the risk of adverse health impacts.

Calls for wood-fired heaters to be phased out over health concerns

Asthma Australia says wood-fired heaters pose too many health risks and it’s time to “phase them out”. It comes after the City of Yarra made a submission to the Municipal Association of Victoria to change planning guidelines which would effectively ban wood-fired heaters in densely populated areas. CEO of Asthma Australia, Michele Goldman, says many […]

This fall, let’s clear the air by retiring woodstoves

Burning wood creates harmful toxins and fine particles; breathing particle pollution can shorten life and send those most at risk to the emergency room.

Wood, Gas, & Electric Fireplaces

Fireplace safety is the most important thing. Checking your fireplace for signs of damage or investing in an annual chimney cleaning can help.

5 Safety Tips to Follow When Handling and Transporting Firewood

Are you planning to use firewood to warm your home this winter? Assuming your home has an open floor plan with a fireplace somewhere in the center, you can build fires to easily and efficiently warm your home. Wood-burning fires produce excellent heat, and unlike a central heating system, they don't consume energy. However, you should follow some basic precautions when handling firewood to protect against…

How to clean your wood stove before the winter season

Seasonal changes signal that it’s time to ready your wood stove for a long fall and winter of warming fires

Wood-burning stove is good for my health

Letter: There’s nothing that brings greater comfort than hunkering down in front of a little wood burner, writes Peter Perry, despite a recent study on their contribution to indoor pollution

Lung damage possible for people who rely on wood-fire cooking

A recent study found that people who rely on wood fire cooking may be at risk of having significant lung damage.

EPA Wood Stove Regulations: What You Need To Know

We explain what the EPA wood stove regulations mean to those who use or manufacture wood burning stoves or cook stoves in this in-depth article.