Real Estate News Wood ash from fireplaces can enrich garden soil. Here’s how. Wood ash contains calcium, magnesium, and potassium among a dozen or more important nutrients.

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When I started heating my home entirely with logs that I chopped by hand, I quickly learned there is a lot of science and ...

Erica Burns, a Bethesda designer, says that she has seen an increasing interest in old-fashioned, wood-burning fireplaces."Gas fireplaces seemed to have been big over the last 10 or 20 years. But ...

Remodeling fireplace habits in Southern California. Los Angeles architect Andy Liu said most Southern Californians see value in a fireplace, wood or gas, even if they use it only once or twice a year.

A built-in gas fireplace’s venting system is inadequate to deal with the smoke and vapors of a wood fire. And unvented gas fireplaces do not vent outside at all.

In fact, the city had made wood-burning fireplaces legal, boardmember Scott MacDonald said in January when they discussed the appeal. Since they had approved others, they couldn’t say no this time.

On Earth Day in 2014, as part of a clean-air initiative and in line with other eco-friendly cities, Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced that as of July 1, 2014 the construction of new wood-burning ...

Comparison Shopping; Firewood Displays Are So Popular, Even Gas-Fireplace Owners Want In Thanks to the ‘modern-farmhouse craze,’ built-in log storage is a must-have among high-end homeowners ...

WASHINGTON — One of the biggest scams this time of year is the firewood scam, and the best way to make sure you don’t get burned is to get out your tape measure. The most common way to sell ...

Efforts to decrease the use of wood stoves and wood-burning fireplaces in Portland seem to have had little effect, according to preliminary results from a new state survey.