Wood burning California??

[Rowena]

I am hearing all kinds of different stories about the new laws in California. The one I did read myself a while ago did not allow any fireplaces in houses under 2000 feet, but now people are talking about no wood burning? I don't think this is true, but I cannot find the legislation on it? Anyone see it somewhere?

[JHinCA]

We are in CA and heat with a wood stove. I have heard rumors of that kind of regulation, but nothing definite. Maybe it is only for new construction? MAybe it is only in certain counties?

[radiofish]

Possibly in them there urban areas, full of prissy city folks.... Woodfires are unsafe and produce smoke!!

Right, as if they have a "zero carbon emissions footprint.."

That is the new eco-catch phrase, out here on the West Coast nowadays.

Here in Humboldt County, California, I have been heating with firewood for over 25 years so far..The woodstove is supposed to be arrainged to "code", as to the installation of the stove and stove exhaust pipe..

Otherwise, I do have a spark arrestor at the top of the stack....

I'm a once again going out, and cutting downed trees for firewood on the property this weekend!!! Ah the aroma of 2 cycle mix exhaust... Smells like a warm house come this winter, to me...

Where are my sledgehammer, wedges, and splitting maul at????

[Common Tator]

A couple of months ago I heard that the assembly was considering a ban on fires under 3,000 feet in elevation. However there were exceptions, like if this was your only heat source. I didn't pay too much attention because we are above 5,000 feet.

The unintended consequence of this idiocy is that we will have even more massive wildfires, and the forests aren't thinned. Part of the reason we have had such problems with the bark beetle infestation was over crowded forests. What are we supposed to do with the over crowded trees? What are we supposed to do with dead trees? They will all be extra fuel when the fire season starts.

[ldc]

This was true when I lived near Sacramento in the mid-80's. What with the tule fog and burning the rice fields, they were banning wood stoves in that area. ldc

[Rowena]

A large majority of us use wood as a primary source because we are all on propane and that would run $500 a month to heat our homes as comfortable as $300 a year in wood does. I did hear about and read the legislation about new houses under 3000 will no longer have stoves/fireplaces, and I am sure that really does not effect them, except for the loss of the beautiful ambiance of a fire, so sad! Just one guy came into our karate dojo and was saying that everyone was up in arms because wood burning had been burned 100%, and I found that very hard to believe. If your house is old enough to be before the codes required you to put a furnace in, it may be your only source of heat. We put the cheapest thing in we could just to meet code and we do use the fan to pull the heat through the house on the really cold nights. PM me if anyone sees anything offiicial and thanks!