A fireplace is a cozy and warm spot around which a family can gather. The home and real estate resource HomeGuides.com indicates that 60 percent of new homes have a fireplace, which is up from 36 ...

When my family moved into our second home 8 years ago, we were delighted to see a beautiful wood stove situated right in the middle of the living space. Our previous home’s heat source was a natural ...

Keep your wood off the ground, neatly stacked and ready for your next gathering around the fire pit or fireplace with the ...

On a cold winter night there is nothing better than a crackling fire. Heat from a fireplace can warm the body and the spirit. This column will discuss helpful considerations when using wood to heat ...

If the meteorologists are right, Canadians are in for a particularly daunting winter. Reports of extreme cold and tons of snow are in the air, all destined to arrive sooner than usual. But that’s ok, ...

When you need to run outside and grab some firewood, it might seem ideal to have it stacked against your house. After all, you're trying to stay warm! But this is the last place you should be stacking ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

Cold weather is coming, which means it’s time to light up your fireplace or firepit and build up your woodpile for the season. Whether you’re chopping firewood yourself or buying it and bringing it ...

The home and real estate resource HomeGuides.com indicates that 60 percent of new homes have a fireplace, which is up from 36 percent in the 1970s. Naturally, fueling a fireplace for the season may ...