DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- When it's cold outside many of us may resort to using supplemental heat like a space heater to stay warm. Fire departments don't discourage it, however, they emphatically ...

Your wood stove can provide piping hot water for a relaxing shower. Make your own DIY wood stove water heater. Our design, the Blazing Showers Stovepipe Water Heater, produces hot water that stays ...

With temperatures suddenly falling across the Houston area, many people are turning to open flames and other devices to keep their homes warm. Unfortunately, those devices can pose safety risks and ...

I build wood fired hot water heaters out of discarded gas hot water heaters. See www.fcpj.org for a video. As you can see from the video its not a unit for suburbia but in the country it works great.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Energy prices are expected to rise this winter and some people may be looking for other sources of heat to avoid that high energy bill. However, fire officials are ...

Rick Atwood says the decision to add a wood-burning fireplace insert to his home was an easy one. “I had a fireplace that wasn’t doing the heating I wanted,” he says about the installation that he ...

As utility bills go up, space heaters may be more popular this winter. Officials offer tips on how to use them safely.

Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in Air and Noise Pollution, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Peter Irga currently receives funding ...

Dabbling in alternative heating technology, [Rob Steves] built a wood stove to dispose of his scrap wood while negating his home’s fire insurance at the same time. As the leftover bits from his wood ...