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> wood heat, which is terrible for outdoor air pollution FYI, newer wood stoves have a catalytic combustor and burn the gasses as they leave the wood box 2 or
by grecy 3y ago
> wood heat, which is terrible for outdoor air pollution
FYI, newer wood stoves have a catalytic combustor and burn the gasses as they leave the wood box 2 or even three times. They are much, much more efficient and drastically less polluting (because all the particulates are burned instead of going out in the air)
They're law for all new installs in many, many places.
- nostrademons 3y agoYes, but most of the remaining wood heat in the Bay Area is from houses built in the 1920s-1950s. If the homeowner has money to upgrade, they usually re-do the whole place with updated electrical & heat pumps. We've got 4 of these houses on our street, all built in the mid-50s with owners who are senior citizens now and probably could never afford to live in their current home if it weren't paid off and subject to Prop 13. Their yearly housing cost is $3000. Our monthly housing cost is $10K. They can't really afford to upgrade anything, but as soon as the house is sold, it's going to get a full gut remodel and probably a second story.