Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

When winter winds bring bone chills, nothing restores warmth like sitting in front of a fire. The burning question is: what should San Joaquin County fireplace owners use this season? The answer ...

For humans, gathering around fire is a unique social event. For thousands of years we have been gathering around fires to cook, hold ceremonies and keep warm. Even though today we have the modern ...

When it comes to the environment, firewood has a split personality. From an air-quality standpoint, it’s hard to defend wood heat. Wood smoke contains a slew of harmful or carcinogenic substances, ...

I bought some supposedly “seasoned” oak and cherry firewood this fall for my fireplace and had it delivered. The guy who brought it said it had been cut in March and that it’s the same wood he burns ...

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JAKE, MATT AND CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, A BIG REASON WHY CHIMNEY FIRE START IS BECAUSE OF POOR VENTILATION. NOW, THIS WOOD BURNING STOVE IS GOING RIGHT NOW. BUT BEFORE YOU GET A STOVE LIKE THIS ...