The outdoor wood-burning furnace cost him about $400 in wood, gas and chain saws, he says, "plus a strong back to cut it all." His furnace produces less smoke than an indoor fireplace and he hasn ...

Outdoor wood boilers within 200 feet of health care facilities, schools, and other public places, however, must be replaced. “If it’s the hospital stuff, they don’t have a choice; they have ...

Waitsfield, VT - Many older outdoor wood-fired boilers (OWBs) that are not certified to meet Vermont’s emissions standards are required by law to be permanently retired by the end of 2012 ...

Save money and increase self-reliance with this DIY wood burning furnace. Building a homemade outdoor wood furnace can heat your home and hot water. Marcus Ashley’s solution to the skyrocketing ...

WAUSAU, Wis.—An explosion in the number of outdoor wood-fired boilers to heat homes is creating a new air quality problem—their smoke is choking neighbors. Over the past three years, the ...

For outdoor wood furnaces, the EPA only suggests standards for cleaner burning. Twenty-three models of outdoor furnace now meet those standards, said David Deegan, an EPA spokesman in Boston.

By HOLLY ANGELO [email protected] CHICOPEE - The state has approved the Board of Health's new regulation banning outdoor wood burning boilers in the city. "As far as we're concerned, they're ...

The report, "Dangers to Health from Outdoor Wood Furnaces," says that smoke from OWFs gets into even tightly sealed homes more than 800 feet away, causing or aggravating a variety of lung diseases ...

Neighbors feud over outdoor wood boiler. Published: Oct. 09, 2008, 12:29 p.m. By . ... Wood boilers, increasingly popular in rural areas as energy costs rise, ...

An ordinance that prohibits outdoor wood boilers was approved May 18 by the Savage City Council. Since November 2008, there has been a moratorium on outdoor wood boilers until city staff could stud… ...

Wood smoke contains many of the same carcinogens as cigarette smoke PLUS ... Outdoor Wood Boiler Moratorium needed to protect NY Air. Published: Nov. 07, 2010, 5:40 p.m. By . ResearchGirl; ...

They also go by the name "outdoor wood-fired boiler," or OWFB. Installations generally cost between $6,000 and $10,000, but after the initial investment, owners claim that their OWFs can offer ...