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There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is out of concern for the environment. Much of the plastics, magazines or other garbage have been manufactured using toxic chemicals. The burning of these materials releases these toxic chemicals into the environment, sometimes in an even more dangerous form than before. I strictly discourage [...]

This tip is quite common sensical.  If there is any ember left in the ash that is being removed from the heater it is still a fire danger.  It is always a good practice to wait until the ash is cold before doing anything with it.  Regardless, it is a good idea to use a [...]

How much is too much?  For a  large heater, one that heats an entire apartment or 3 or more rooms in a house, no more that about 45 kilos of wood should be burned in a 24 hour period.  This amount of wood is usually burned in two cycles, one in the morning, one at [...]

At the beginning of the heating season, sometime in the fall, another good thing to think about is the gentle break-in (warming) of your stove (heater).  The whole summer has gone by and the heater has not been used at all.  It has gone completely cold and now needs to be gently brought back into [...]