Nov 21 2008
Burning real wood may cost you real money…
Curling up in front of a warm, crackling fireplace is a favorite thing to do for many people, especially for those homeowners who are lucky enough to still have a wood-burning fireplace in their homes. Now that the weather is starting to get cooler at night, you’ll see more plumes of smoke coming from those chimneys.
But starting this past Wednesday, burning real wood in your fireplace could be a costly mistake if you do so on a designated “Spare the Air Day” in the Bay Area. Inspectors from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will be looking for violators and possibly writing citations. And the fines won’t be cheap, either. According to the San Jose Mercury News, fines could range from the hundreds of dollars to as high as thousands of dollars.
So how do you know if it’s a “Spare the Air Day”? You can click on the above link to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, or I have included their Air Quality banner on the right side of the blog. So enjoy your fireplace, but be sure you have a green light to burn!
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