STAMFORD — The flue to a wood burning stove built too close to a support beam caused a minor fire on High Ridge Road late Sunday afternoon, a fire official said. Firefighters were dispatched to 794 ...

IF YOUR home has an existing fireplace or chimney, you might assume it’s ready for use with a modern wood burning stove. But that assumption can lead to serious safety risks, poor heating performance, ...

New log burning regulations have come into play - and many users won’t know about them, experts have warned. The Met Office today issued an alert for an ‘Icelandic blast’ meaning people will be firing ...

Trendy wood burning stoves are the UK's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution called PM2.5, new research shows. A drop in particulate pollution from road transport and heavy ...

New research reveals 1 in 10 owners of wood burners and other solid fuel stoves leave it years before sweeping their chimneys putting their homes at risk of catching fire. The findings from HETAS come ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two advertising claims by the Stove Industry Association (SIA) after ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood burning stoves ...

Campaigners are urging the Government to consider banning wood burning stoves from UK homes, following serious health and environmental concerns linked to these appliances. Despite smoke control areas ...

Wood-burning stoves are a charming feature in any room, particularly during the frosty winter months when they can also help keep your home warm. With these stoves being much more energy efficient and ...

Whether used for heating or ambiance, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves are great amenities, but they also carry risk for the homeowner if they are not properly installed. More than 10,000 ...

Call it an Old World solution to today’s energy crisis. Motivated by the high cost of home heating oil, many South Shore residents are using wood-burning stoves to heat their homes. Building ...

The study, presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, showed those who used wood stoves lost lung capacity more quickly than non-users – even though they tended to be ...