They are popping up in backyards all over. Outdoor wood burning furnaces are replacing traditional oil and natural gas boilers as the primary heating source for some homeowners in a bid to buck ...

NEWTOWN -- Currituck Road resident William Thiessen said the smoke from a neighbor's outdoor wood-burning furnace causes him to have frequent sore throats. Thiessen also said he has had to sleep in ...

Some Americans are now going outside to turn up their heat. They're using outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into their homes. But neighbors say the units are a health hazard. Federal ...

Interest in wood-fired hydronic heating systems continues to rise along with the price of conventional fuel. One heat source used for such systems, especially in rural areas of North America, is the ...

WOODBRIDGE -- Environment and Human Health Inc.'s latest study claims that outdoor wood furnaces are unsafe, and are filling the lungs of neighbors with the same toxins as cigarette smoke, including ...

Green, sustainable, inexpensive space heating and domestic hot water is what I wanted for my house and workshop. It was early 2010 when I began researching outdoor wood furnaces as an option for ...

HYDE PARK – The Town Board has passed a local law strictly regulating the use of outdoor wood-burning stoves. Officials say the furnaces can be a nuisance to neighbors due to smoke emission. While ...

LAFAYETTE -- An ordinance that would regulate, but not ban, outdoor wood furnaces was introduced by the Lafayette Township Committee Tuesday after some amendments suggested by committee members and ...

GEORGETOWN — Officials adopted an ordinance to regulate outdoor wood-burning furnaces in the city, and may add regulations soon. Mayor Pro-Tem Darin Readnour said city officials had received ...