For many homeowners, fireplaces have become the nice china of home features: dusted off only for special occasions. Although attractive, they are messy to operate, and that homey glow they produce ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As fireplaces heat up for the holiday season, some could experience the equivalent of the bad air the Bay Area saw during the recent wildfires. That has some people rethinking ...

Although considered by most to be a low-cost method of heating a room, traditional, open-masonry fireplaces create the reverse affect on the rest of your home. (Staff-Shot) Q. I am renovating my home ...

Q: How can I use a fireplace to heat my home? My family has emigrated from a hot part of India where we don’t have fireplaces. A: Unfortunately, typical wood-burning fireplaces don’t deliver much heat ...

What about wood stove inserts? People use them to convert wood-burning fireplaces into more efficient wood stoves. An airtight wood stove insert that looks much like a traditional fireplace can be ...

The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency is accepting grant applications for its wood-burning stoves change-out program. “This grant can help people replace their inefficient, smoky, old wood stoves,” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — As the winter season ...