Choosing the best firewood to burn in your home fireplace comes down to wood type and factors like its heat output, its dryness, its source, and, of course, cost. When you see signs for firewood for ...

Q: I am thinking about using artificial fireplace logs instead of messy real firewood in my open fireplace. Do they burn more efficiently and cleaner than real wood? A: No matter what type of fuel you ...

SEATTLE — Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Or is there? Popular backyard fire pits like the Solo Stove, often called smokeless fire pits, conjure up a roaring outdoor fire, but without the smoke.

The English philosopher Francis Bacon famously advised: “Age appears to be best in four things – old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.” I couldn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The use of wood burners in the UK has nearly doubled since 2009. (lucentius via Getty Images) There's something incredibly ...

There are few things as exciting to me as the first properly crisp and cold day of autumn. A time when I can un-vacuum pack the cold-weather duvet, feel justified in lighting a few candles (even on a ...

JAY, ME - DECEMBER 08: Steve Fuller of Peru feeds his new Equinox woodstove Tuesday, December 8, 2015. (Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) As the nights ...