Comments on EnvironmentalChemistry.com: The Heat facing Outdoor Wood Furnaces and Boilers

Victoriav, There is a difference between the carb...

2009-04-18T12:58:00.000-04:00

Victoriav,

There is a difference between the carbon soot and other particulates released by the burning of wood being pollution, which it is, and the burning wood being carbon neutral.

The reason burning firewood is considered carbon neutral is because trees typically aren't all that old. The carbon in the tree that is converted into CO2 as part of combustion came from

Hi Ken I have to take exception with wood being ca...

2009-04-17T23:04:00.000-04:00

Hi Ken
I have to take exception with wood being carbon neutral. People think because wood is natural, it's ok to burn it. I've never heard about pre-burned trees co2 causing any problems. To be fair, I have to research that. But I do know that wood smoke is a major cause of air pollution and black carbon; we're talking about smoke filled with many toxic chemicals that cause disease - much as

@Victoria, I completely sympathize with your situ...

2009-04-17T08:19:00.000-04:00

@Victoria,

I completely sympathize with your situation. There are ways to reduce the pollution put off by wood stoves and wood boilers including adding catalytic converters. There is no question that wood smoke could be a public nuisance under certain conditions.

With that said, even though burning wood releases CO2, it is considered carbon neutral because the wood comes

I have similar problems as the above poster, but i...

2009-04-16T23:10:00.000-04:00

I have similar problems as the above poster, but in conjunction with the OWB, I have wood stoves on our road, some of which burn 24/7! We can't open windows on beautiful spring or fall days. In the winter, the smoke is so thick outside, and if there is no wind, it hovers around our house and seeps in. I recently spent over 25,000.00 in home improvements, including new doors, windows, roof, whole

IN late July,while attending a neighbor's children...

2008-12-28T14:31:00.000-05:00

IN late July,while attending a neighbor's childrens party(I live in a Development)but in the Country.Some people started saying ...Look at all the smoke in your yard....By the time we got to my yard...the smoke was gone but you could smell it.Didn't think too much about it since,we do get fog at times that settles at the back of the woodline of my yard.And, with the trees,which is a tree

Heated lawsuit over stove's wood smoke -ONPublishe...

2008-06-05T02:38:00.000-04:00

Heated lawsuit over stove's wood smoke -ON
Published: March 25, 2008 at 11:23 AM
UXBRIDGE, Ontario, March 25 (UPI)-- A southern Ontario family has been ordered to disconnect an outdoor wood-fired boiler from wood doctor Truro in a legal fight with neighbors over the smell, a judge ruled.
The spat between the two families in rural Uxbridge, northeast of Toronto, began two years ago

it wont be long before big oil has OWB's banned. A...

2007-12-03T16:38:00.000-05:00

it wont be long before big oil has OWB's banned. Al Gore and other "envirometalist" does not want you independant of gov controlled services.Enjoy your tax free heat now because it won't last much longer.

I think a lot of the issue is with people's idea t...

2007-10-16T17:17:00.000-04:00

I think a lot of the issue is with people's idea that they can burn everything and anything. greenwood, construction leftovers, junk mail. I know that a lot of people have had good experiences with OWB's, but as rural areas become sub-urban we have to start thinking of how we treat each other. I've done some research on OWB's and other wood gasification boilers. Each have benefits, OWB's are

Commenting on the comment above mine; uneducated e...

2007-07-15T00:20:00.000-04:00

Commenting on the comment above mine; uneducated enough said, and has no respect for anyone's right. I am a professional in Public Administration ,however I do not work in the town I live. My neighbor installed a OWB last fall 50 feet from my house. He in turn killed my plantlife, ruined the exterior of my home, and oh by the way makes it smoke filled too. I in turn hired an environmental lawyer,

owb dont kill plant or wildlife i have an owb 165 ...

2007-06-22T17:03:00.000-04:00

owb dont kill plant or wildlife i
have an owb 165 ft from neighbor have green healthy plants stove is
close to them.black bears deer turkeys. people have come to my home and never even thought my owb
was on. well its was. i have one of
those annoying neighbors who constantly complains out of 5 homes on my block she is the only
one to complain.

The following comment was just posted, but not dir...

2007-04-12T16:59:00.000-04:00

The following comment was just posted, but not directly approved because of some what seemed to be self-promotion links. I'm using the blockquote in this post to allow the comment sans the self-promotion:
--begin quoted comment--
I must greatly disagree that ALL who own a outdoor furnace are disrespectful to their neighbours.
If a person who knows a outdoor furnace follows the HPBA

In regards to the last comment about owners of OWB...

2007-04-01T19:50:00.000-04:00
In regards to the last comment about owners of OWB not having respect for neighbors; I have to concur. We all owe it to our neighbors to have some respect for their air. It is unconscionable to use an OWB if the smoke is going to have any kind of negative impact on downwind neighbors. They have as much right to clean air as you do and you do not have the right to put their health/wellbeing at

My neighbor has an OWB approximately 300 feet from...

2007-04-01T19:36:00.000-04:00
My neighbor has an OWB approximately 300 feet from my house. Perhaps because if the wind pattern in our neighborhood, or because of the location of his stove, we get smoke in large amounts at least 4 to 5 days out of the week. My yard for some reason seems to be a smoke magnet. In the spring and fall I cannot leave windows open because invariably I will get a smoke filled house. I put my dog

Quoting the article, "The OWB removes the risk of ...

2007-02-21T15:50:00.000-05:00
Quoting the article, "The OWB removes the risk of fire and indoor pollution by taking the heat source outside."

Who invented this statement? The truth is exactly opposite.

A properly installed and maintained indoor wood heating system (which is very easy to do) produces NO indoor air pollution and NO fire hazard (except from improper ash storage).

The

What do you suggest in the mean time for a neighbo...

2007-02-14T11:53:00.000-05:00
What do you suggest in the mean time for a neighbor who lives less than a 100 feet from the smoke source? When someone comes in my house they smell like they were just at a campfire! How can I get them to change the way the smoke affects my family?

Isn't just like everything nowadays. Someone says ...

2007-01-17T05:19:00.000-05:00
Isn't just like everything nowadays. Someone says "oh I don't think we should do that anymore" and before you know it some jerk legislates against it. I totally agree, make the stoves more efficient and cleaner.

http://www.outdoor-heating-guide.com/

Outside wood boilers are a great way to heat your ...

2007-01-14T16:13:00.000-05:00
Outside wood boilers are a great way to heat your house. They do create a lot of smoke when they first start up, but they don't burn your house down and where wood is plentiful, it beats giving half your pay to the gas company in the winter time. Pollution needs to be addressed by making these stoves cleaner burning and more efficient rather than legislating them off the market. A million of