Talk:Wood-burning stove

Tone and Style
This article does not have a very "encyclopedic" feel for its tone, style, and content. I would suggest moderate editing for presentation purposes. 130.20.71.48 (talk) 00:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)Sta7icMatt

Merge with Fireplace
i agree with the above, but certainly not with a merge... they're two totaly different things —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crowspeaks (talk • contribs) 07:16, January 9, 2010

I agree with you, they are totaly diffrent Fly it 'till the last piece stops moving - somebody, User:Sumsum2010 03:10, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Sections Needed on Air Pollution, Pollution Controls, and Catalytic/Non-catalytic Stoves
Wood stoves are potentially a major air pollution source in communities where they are widely used for home heating. Wood smoke pollutants include "particulates... sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and potentially carcinogenic compounds including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, formaldehyde and dioxins" (source: U.S. EPA). Much research has been conducted and lower-polluting stove designs have been developed. EPA tightened air emission standards for new stoves in the 1990's. Currently the article discusses none of this. Moreau1 (talk) 03:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

This article needs attention from an expert on the subject.
Someone should check this article for accuracy, I noticed an obvious error right away but am not familiar enough with the topic:

Freshly cut wood (known as green lumber) can have a moisture content greater between 30% and 200%

"Greater between" makes no sense, the reference given is an ask yahoo page, not exactly a reliable source, and it doesn't even mention the numbers 30 or 200. I feel this calls into question the trustworthiness of the whole article. DS Belgium (talk) 10:49, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * There are also inconsistencies; for instance under "Seasoning firewood" the first paragraph claims "Seasoning by air-drying the wood can take up to two years." yet in the second paragraph we see "Hardwood must be well-seasoned, with some species taking up to four years to dry out", yet "Softwood is left out to the elements for two winters, then for one summer to dry out with ventilation" (my emphasis). 213.122.225.6 (talk) 14:20, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Very weak on the evolution of the stove.
There is more under "wood fire" than there is here! Notably:
 * when were ceramic stoves invented?
 * How about cast iron?
 * When were firebricks added?
 * Catalytic stove, rise and fall?
 * When was secondary burn invented?
 * How about glass-protecting air?
 * And finally, there is the gasification system common in Europe for wood furnaces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.48.77.222 (talk) 20:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Only for heating? What about cooking?
It seems to me obvious that many if not most such stoves were used for cooking at least as much as for heating. There is no mention of cooking in the definition (lead). The article obviously does touch on cooking (text, photos), but doesn't fully deal with the topic anywhere. Please clarify. Arminden (talk) 22:13, 20 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Am I right assuming that English language actually lacks specific word for 'stove used for heating only'? If so, this article should cover both cases equally. Main article Stove has nice examples at least in pictures, for room-heating-only stoves. Also: as it is, this article is not neutral, heavily USA-centered POV here, too much for globally (that is, parts of globe what have climate where heating stove is needed) used thing. BirgittaMTh (talk) 10:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

clean up of a sentence
the article contains "than a tree of the same species and same size than a tree with a few years of rapid growth". either one of the parts starting with THAN needs to be deleted, or an OR inserted between them.

also the musings concerning coal formation as desirable for some users of firestoves seems somewhat misplaced in the article. (sounds like a advertisement for softwood fuel...)

also - though it may be just my personal interpretation but - "Modern stoves which are operated properly do not cause this high level of creosote accumulation" sounds to me dangerously close to weasel wording: commercials may get away by refering to the "proper" way of using the product so as to safeguard against legal liability, or consumer criticism, but an encyclopedia should either describe/define the "proper way" or abstain from referring to it. Probably "modern" is another example of weasel wording.

92.221.117.18 (talk) 00:52, 9 January 2022 (UTC).