There are many ways to keep a room warmer in the winter, but fireplaces and wood stoves are both elegant solutions to consider and work in similar ways. A traditional wood-burning fireplace requires a ...

When many people think of wood-burning stoves, the chances are that they imagine bulky cast-iron boxes, smoky chimneys and soot-blackened glass. The models that were a mainstay of old cottages and ...

An expert has defended wood-burning stoves in homes after a major new health report issued a warning that they damage lungs 'in the same way as cigarettes'. Burning wood indoors could cause damage in ...