| Wood boilers take the idea of the
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| | Designed to burn cleanly, with a minimum
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| traditional wood stove and improve on it,
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| | of creosote build-up, a boiler can be
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| solving some problems inherent in wood
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| | loaded with enough wood to burn for hours
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| burning and making wood a clean, safe,
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| | without having to replenish the wood
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| and efficient source of heat.Wood stoves
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| | supply. The boiler, which can be located
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| have been used for centuries; a very
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| | inside or outside the home, heats water
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| famous American, Benjamin Franklin,
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| | which can be used in hot water heating
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| invented the Franklin stove in the 1700s
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| | systems and, combined with a hot water
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| as a safe alternative to fireplaces,
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| | storage system, can be stored for long
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| which were dangerous - likely to catch
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| | periods of time (from seven to ten days)
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| the mainly wooden homes standard back
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| | between firings.Some boilers are
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| then on fire - and not particularly
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| | constructed to be used with a variety of
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| efficient. The stove provided radiant
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| | fuels, including wood, oil, and gas,
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| heat in a relatively safe manner compared
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| | offering a lot of flexibility to the
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| to the open fires of fireplaces.While
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| | homeowner, particularly with the
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| wood stoves were supplanted by central
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| | fluctuations in the availability and
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| heating decades ago in urban and suburban
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| | pricing of different fuels. Other boilers
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| environments, in the country many people
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| | are designed to burn corn or wood
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| continue to heat their homes, as well as
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| | pellets, two more fuels which are
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| cook their meals, partly or entirely with
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| | increasing in popularity as alternatives
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| wood. But problems remain in the use of
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| | to traditional fuel oil or natural
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| wood as a fuel; while a properly
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| | gas.With more consumers waking up to the
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| maintained and operated wood stove is
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| | problems inherent in heating with oil and
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| relatively safe, the build-up of creosote
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| | natural gas, people are looking with
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| in stove pipes and chimneys can still
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| | renewed interest at alternative sources
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| result in dangerous fires.Another problem
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| | of fuel for heating their homes; and more
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| is time. In an era when at least one
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| | and more are choosing wood boilers as a
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| person in the family spent the majority
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| | safe, sensible, and moneysaving
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| of the time at home, feeding a hungry
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| | solution.Aldene Fredenburg is a freelance
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| wood stove was not a big problem; now,
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| | writer living in southwestern New
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| however, with adults working outside the
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| | Hampshire and frequently contributes to
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| home at least forty hours a week, if not
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| | Tips and Topics. She has published
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| more, having a fire go out means coming
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| | numerous articles in local and regional
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| home to a cold house and, in extremely
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| | publications on a wide range of topics,
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| cold weather, dealing with the
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| | including business, education, the arts,
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| possibility of frozen and burst pipes.
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| | and local events. Her feature articles
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| Also, walking away from a house with an
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| | include an interview with independent
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| active fire burning in the wood stove
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| | documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a
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| doesn't necessarily inspire a lot of
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| | feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire
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| peace of mind.Enter the wood boiler.
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| | State Prison in Concord.
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