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 ...

Heating with wood can be one of the most economical choices, but only if the stove is used efficiently. By paying attention ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

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 ...

Throughout history, woodstove technology has developed to heat homes, but not all of it has been equally clean and efficient. Here we take a look at how cordwood-fueled stoves have progressed over the ...

We are thinking about getting a wood pellet stove to heat our home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wood pellet stoves? “For someone committed to using a renewable energy source and who ...

When we were having the shell of our present home built the builder called us and said it was hard to work because of the cold weather. He told us he had an air tight wood stove he would install for a ...

It's pretty common knowledge that a stove can be a cheaper alternative to gas and electric heating, but when it comes down to ...