In the past two weeks I’ve written about wood stoves and pellet heating. This week I’ll focus on another way to burn wood cleanly and efficiently: using a masonry heater. A masonry heater, also called ...

When compared to other natural stone and man-made materials, soapstone has many uses and superior attributes. Like other natural stone, soapstone quarried from the ground and is not man-made as ...

Historically, heating technology was pretty simple: mankind huddled around a basic campfire to stay warm and cook dinner. In more recent centuries, fireplaces were constructed with brick or stones and ...