Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

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 cost ...

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 ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Gas furnaces generate heat by burning natural gas. They’re available in varying sizes and energy efficiencies and produce a hot, dry heat. While still the most widely used furnaces, they’re starting ...

Wood stoves aren't the healthiest heating option, but newer designs are more efficient and safe. Here's how you can find one ...

— Outdoor wood-burning furnaces are now subject to regulation in Oshtemo Township. The Oshtemo Township Board of Trustees on Tuesday adopted an ordinance regulating such things as the size and ...

TOWN OF SPRING GREEN — If you hope to save money on heating fuel by installing an outdoor wood-burning furnace, Spring Green Township officials want you to get a permit and follow some basic rules.

Following in the footsteps of other urban areas banning wood-burning outdoor furnaces within city limits, City Council members are taking steps to create a permanent ordinance against the devices.

KILLINGWORTH -- Six months after the topic first came under discussion, selectmen are sending an ordinance governing the use of wood-burning furnaces for town meeting vote in early September. First ...

HOBART - Disagreement over the interpretation of a local law governing outdoor wood furnaces drew lengthy discussion for members of the Hobart Village Board on Monday. Mayor Aaron Kaufman pointed to ...