All winter long, hundreds of thousands of American homes heat safely with wood stoves, fireplaces and wood stove inserts. Burning wood is not only effective, it’s efficient and comforting. Yet, every year, thousands of other homes suffer serious damage each as a result of fires directly attributed to those same wood-burning appliances and the chimney systems connected to them. What are the differences between these homes and the homes that heat with wood safely, year after year?
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7 Common Fireplace* Myths
Myths and misconceptions about fireplaces abound. These myths range from the specific (“You can’t burn wood in Denver”) to the broad (“Gas fireplaces won’t work when the power goes out”). Read this article to find out why these myths are wrong and to put a few more fireplace, stove, and insert myths and misconceptions to bed along the way.