When the temperatures outside begin to drop there's nothing we'd rather do than curl up by the fire, sip hot cocoa, and read a good book. But if your home doesn't have a traditional fireplace, this is ...

Historically, heating technology was pretty simple: mankind huddled around a basic campfire to stay warm and cook dinner. In more recent centuries, fireplaces were constructed with brick or stones and ...

This unit combines the firebox of a traditional stove with the internal stack of a rocket heater. Wood feeds through a horizontal tube into a primary combustion chamber. Hot, turbulent gasses enter a ...

Wood is a renewable fuel and, assuming that new trees grow up to replace those cut for firewood, it is carbon-neutral, meaning that it doesn't have a net contribution to global warming. That said, ...

Our decision to install an efficient wood stove was probably sealed last winter when an ice storm knocked out our electricity for four days and with it, our heat. Although our furnace burns propane, ...

Q: I'm tired of hauling wood indoors for my fireplace. I saw pellet and corn stoves at a home store, and it sells pellets, too. Do the pellets produce much heat? Are they convenient? A: The new wood ...

In a chilly room at the University of Maryland in College Park, a small group of students is working to make wood stoves cool. They gather around a black steel box, on top of which is a funnel, ...

Cold winters put wood-burning stoves to the test. Proper care, smart habits, and seasonal upkeep can help ensure steady heat and reliable performance.