Save money and increase self-reliance with this DIY wood burning furnace. Building a homemade outdoor wood furnace can heat your home and hot water. Marcus Ashley’s solution to the skyrocketing cost ...

Install carbon monoxide detectors within 15 feet of any indoor entry point where heated air enters your home. This isn’t paranoia, it’s basic safety when you’re burning wood near living spaces. Keep a ...

An informational outdoor wood boiler seminar Thursday night attempted to clear the air on some confusion about wood boilers, possible restrictions and real environmental dangers. Because of an active ...

There are a number of advantages to outdoor wood boilers. One is that they can accept far more cordwood than even the largest wood stove, offering longer burn times. Though manual stoking is required, ...

This is a topic that gets people fired up. Wood is a renewable resource after all ” and with the beetle kill, we have much to go around. Unfortunately the lack of regulations on the outdoor boilers ...

Of some 80 people at a public hearing here on outdoor wood boilers Wednesday night, just one showed support for proposed new state regulations. And that case pertains to a wood furnace granted a ...

On a clear day, driving down Williams Drive near Judicial Road in northern Burnsville, you can’t miss the smoke. It billows from the chimney of a little building that contains an outdoor wood furnace ...

WOODBRIDGE -- It looks like a shed and it will keep your home warm all winter long without using a drop of foreign oil. So what's not to like? Plenty, according to the public interest research group ...