Gas fireplace inserts are installed in pre-existing, wood-burning fireplaces, making the overall cost far lower than installing an entirely new system.

Fairfield allows EPA-certified wood-burning fireplaces or inserts that have glass doors and outside combustion, making them more efficient than open-air fireplaces.

Home builders throughout Southern California will be banned from installing wood-burning fireplaces under a new set of anti-smog regulations adopted Friday. And residents already used to lighting a… ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KTVU) -- The Bay Area Air Quality Management Board voted unanimously to impose a ban on wood-burning fireplaces and devices in all new home construction, effective November 1 ...

Under the new regulations, residents who already have wood-burning fireplaces or who have reconstructed their fireplaces prior to that date, would be allowed to use them, but with the requirement ...

As fireplaces heat up for the holiday season, some could experience the equivalent of the bad air the Bay Area saw during the recent wildfires. That has some people rethinking how they heat their ...

Carriage horses, low-rise 19th-century buildings, wood burning fireplaces — the Mayor doesn’t seem to have much use for the 19th century. The mayor’s ban on building new wood burning fireplaces will ...

Bay Area Air Quality District managers are looking at a controversial plan that will require homeowners to remove their wood-burning fireplaces before selling their homes.

Up in Flames! De Blasio’s Wood-Burning Fireplace Ban Produces Lukewarm Reactions The real estate community discusses de Blasio's proposed ban on wood-burning fireplaces.

Visual Realism: While modern models mimic flames well, some may find the visuals less realistic than gas or wood-burning options. Zone-heating: Most electric fireplace inserts will only adequately ...

Home builders throughout Southern California will be banned from installing wood-burning fireplaces under a new set of anti-smog regulations adopted Friday. And residents already used to lighting a… ...