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Preparing Your Wood Stove For Winter.

Preparing Your Wood Stove For Winter.

  I have three wood-burning stoves: a wood-burning cook stove in the kitchen of my cabin, a box stove with a glass door in the living room, and a boxwood, cast iron stove in the garage. I’ve learned that some ...

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6 Simple Ways To Get More Heat From Your Wood Stove

6 Simple Ways To Get More Heat From Your Wood Stove

When the weather outside is frightful, it can be a challenge for people dependent on a wood-burning stove for heat. The question is: How can you improve the efficiency of your wood stove? An obvious answer is to buy a ...

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7 Simple Ways To Add Humidity To Wood-Burning Homes

7 Simple Ways To Add Humidity To Wood-Burning Homes

I have a cabin in Michigan that’s heated with two wood-burning stoves. A wood-burning cookstove in the kitchen and a wood-burning box-stove in the living room. Between the two of them, they keep the cabin toasty and warm in the ...

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A Ban On Heating Your Home With Wood? It’s Happening

A Ban On Heating Your Home With Wood? It’s Happening

Starting next fall it will be illegal to install wood-burning heaters and stoves in new homes in at least one major American city: San Francisco. Even wood stoves certified as low emission by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be ...

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A Government Ban On ALL Wood Burning?

A Government Ban On ALL Wood Burning?

The EPA’s proposed ban on most wood-burning stoves received plenty of attention among the off-grid community, but it’s far from the only major restriction on burning wood that could impact you. In fact, one state this winter even tried to ...

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The 5 Best-Burning Woods For Winter Stoves

The 5 Best-Burning Woods For Winter Stoves

If you live in an area where wood stoves are a main source of heat, you have probably already heard or taken part in the common argument over which type of wood burns best. Everyone seems to have their own ...

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The 6 Very Best Wood-Burning Stoves For Off-Grid Heat

The 6 Very Best Wood-Burning Stoves For Off-Grid Heat

The first wood stove ever to be introduced to the United States was created in 1642, although slightly ineffective and a source of constant headache for users. From there, Benjamin Franklin made improvements to the stove in 1744 and used ...

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EPA’s Ban On Wood Burning Stoves Just Days From Taking Effect

EPA’s Ban On Wood Burning Stoves Just Days From Taking Effect

The Environmental Protection Agency is set to finalize a set of regulations in February that critics say will effectively ban production of 80 percent of the wood- and pellet-burning stoves in America. The EPA had published a set of proposed ...

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