One critical component to look for when evaluating gas fireplace inserts is direct-vent technology. Direct-vent units have sealed fireboxes and venting that expel 100 percent of exhaust outside of ...

Although flush-mount wood-burning inserts are available, the most efficient units jut out of the fireplace into the living area to allow more surface to throw off heat. Cost range: $3,000 to ...

Wood-burning fireplaces offer a mix of nostalgia and simplicity. Being able to gaze through glass doors and actually see those hours of wood splitting heating your home through a traditional wood ...

Wood-burning fireplace inserts became popular in the 1970s, at first during the oil embargo of 1973 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1981 when there was an oil shortfall, according to the Office of ...

THE WORK of a wood fireplace leads some people to convert to gas inserts. Ron Chapple/Thinkstock A wood-burning fireplace requires storing and carrying logs, building a fire and cleaning up the ashes.

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Bay Area residents trying to cut utility bills by heating their houses with fireplaces may be contributing to a recent spate of bad air days and possible health problems, air quality officials ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District board voted unanimously Friday to outlaw all wood-burning fireplaces in newly built homes within a year.

Several south coast counties restrict wood burning fireplaces, but San Diego isn’t one of them. Not yet. “Although it is not prohibited, wood burning in the home is a growing source of air ...