Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as ...

But Pam Monroe, a DES compliance bureau administrator, said state officials hope the new law will make wood boilers less problematic. The use of wood-fired boilers has increased with the prices of ...

If you live in the country with access to even a small forest, and you’ve got an interest in using wood to economically heat your home and outbuildings, you should consider an outdoor wood boiler.

AN outdoor wood-burning furnace, also known as an outdoor wood boiler, is essentially a small, insulated shed with a short smokestack. It burns wood that heats water that is then sent through ...

This is a topic that gets people fired up. Wood is a renewable resource after all ” and with the beetle kill, we have much to go around. Unfortunately the lack of regulations on the outdoor boilers ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. -- Rob and Lynne Wallace jumped at the chance to install an outdoor wood boiler two years ago to heat their home and water supply. For a year, they were immune to fluctuating fuel oil ...

BRATTLEBORO -- When a chimney fire almost burned their house down a few years ago, Merrill and Ruth Barton of Dummerston decided to upgrade to an outdoor wood boiler in their back yard on Route 5. The ...

Troy Boiler Works employees have built four high-efficiency, wood pellet-fired boilers in the past year, with six more scheduled in coming months. Lou Okonski, Troy Boiler Works president and manager ...