It turns out that more than 10,000 residential fires each year in the United States can be traced to fireplaces, chimneys and wood-burning stoves. That equates to at least 40 fires per day during ...

With wood-burning fireplace ban, what are the options? Updated: Feb. 11, 2016, 2:52 p.m. ... That's 18,000 cubic feet of heated air lost each hour through your fireplace's chimney.

New regulations apply to wood-burning fireplaces specifically. In March the South Coast Air Quality Management District passed Rule 445, which regulates permanent indoor and outdoor wood-burning ...

Fireplaces and wood-burning stoves are great amenities, ... I could see soot and scorch marks where hot flue gases had worked through tiny cracks in the mortar surrounding the concrete block. ...

With chilly nights ahead, fireplaces offer a cozy and beautiful respite, but Southern California is unique in regard to trends, wood-burning restrictions and retrofit and replacement regulations.

LOS ANGELES — A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of Southern California has been extended through Friday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area, air quality regulators ...

Wood-burning fireplaces are mostly for aesthetics, ... Chicago, IL 60611. Or you can e-mail [email protected]. Questions will be answered only through the column. Originally Published: October 6, ...