On a busy manufacturing floor inside a cramped 85-year-old converted dairy creamery in the city of Tower in northeastern Minnesota, a handful of workers are welding together a wood-burning furnace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as ...

Dear Jim I have thought about using a central wood furnace to heat my home. I know that wood is a cheap, renewable fuel. How is the comfort from these furnaces and are they convenient to use? -- A1. H ...

For poor [workshop from scratch], winter brings the joy of a cold workshop. Since the building is structurally made from tin, warming up the room is difficult. Naturally, the solution was to construct ...

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 ...

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 ...

A wood-fired central heat system is a cleaner-burning heater and economical too. If you want to heat your home with wood, should you choose a wood-fired central heat system such as a woodburning ...

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 ...

Outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into homes are becoming incredibly popular with homeowners — and the wood they burn is much cheaper than oil. But the smoke sometimes creates friction ...

Don’t ban outdoor wood furnaces [Page 1, Dec. 10., “State Tries To Clear The Air”]. Wood, unlike oil, is a renewable resource that is plentiful in our area. Its use as a home-heating source should be ...