Can I still burn wood in Sonoma County?

YES, you can still burn wood in Sonoma County!!!!!

Warming Trends opened 27 years ago selling wood burning appliances before gas units were available.  Gas units have become of course popular, but approx. 60% of the stoves, inserts, and fireplaces that we sell each year are WOOD BURNING.

We only offer EPA Phase II approved wood burning units. EPA requires that wood burning appliances are clean burning, they are not just pumping smoke into the air. EPA requires that all approved units be tested to produce below 7.5 grams of particulate matter per hour as they burn.

As an example an older pre EPA wood stove produces upwards of 70 grams per hour, so that means you would have to burn 9 or more EPA units at the same time to equal that 1 non EPA approved unit.

Not all wood burning is the same and Warming Trends offers the cleanest burning technology available both in catalytic and non-catalytic units.

The # 1 most common question in the store and on the phone is “you can’t still burn wood in Sonoma County, right”? Everyday we have to explain to customers that what you read about how bad wood burning is isn’t the whole truth. You can go to www.epa.gov for a complete list of EPA approved appliances allowed for use in Sonoma County.