It’s particularly difficult for those who rely on a wood stove to escape the feeling that perhaps most of that hard-won heat may be whistling up the chimney rather than keeping them warm.

Wood-burning stoves are made from steel, cast iron, or soapstone and consist of a firebox with a chimney. They can produce up ...

[Michel] has a wood stove in his basement for extra heat in the winter. While this is a nice secondary heat source, he has creosote buildup in the chimney to worry about. [Michel] knows that by ...

Our next door neighbors recently installed a Mitsubishi heat pump system. We love the idea of heat pumps and have strongly ...