Wood burning stoves

[Kadenz]

Hello everyone,

I've read that wood & coal-burning indoor stoves are very bad for respiratory health due to the particles they produce.

This has made me wonder whether, for people with OSA, its best not to buy or use one in bedrooms or even in the house at all.

Any thoughts of this would be very welcome.

Many thanks

Kadenz

[DeepBreathing]

Presumably the stove would be flued to the outside so particulates inside the house would be limited, if the stove is designed and installed properly.

Having said that I'm surprised that you can still get coal burning stoves - I thought they had been outlawed. Even here in Oz wood stoves are frowned on in urban areas because of their impact on air quality.

[SarcasticDave94]

IMO for some people with other health issues, this can be a real issue. Some, like myself, may have other respiratory issues such as COPD. In this case, it would be important to probably avoid those devices from the smoke. Those with just OSA, it may not be an issue.

[Sleeprider]

I lived in a house in the Sierra Nevada mountains for a number of years, where the only heat was a wood-burning stove. We eventually installed a propane furnace, but wood was our heat for several years. Unless there is a malfunction, the smoke and particulate should not be inside the house, of course that happened on rare occasions if the flue was back-drafted or fire not burning right.

Being on CPAP is not indicative of a pulmonary impairment or sensitivity to smoke or particulate. Individuals with those conditions should probably avoid unnecessary stresses from burning solid fuels. OSA is not pulmonary dysfunction, it is an airway problem during sleep. That could be made worse by allergies, irritation that causes swelling (including exposure to smoke), and upper respiratory illness, but as long as you're feeling okay, enjoy your fireplace or wood stove.

[buddygirl15]

HI WE HAVE USED WOOD TO HEAT FOR 20 YEARS , SEEMS NOT TO FACTOR IN ON APNEA EPISODES BUT WE KEEP THE BED ROOM SOME WHAT ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE HOUSE AND A WINDOW CRACKED IN THE BEDROOM ,WE WOULD DO THIS ANYWAY TO KEEP IT COOLER AND MORE PLEASANT FOR SLEEPING [HERE`S TO WOOD HEAT ] AND SELF SUFICIENCY GARY

[Walla Walla]

buddygirl15,
                          THANKS FOR THE INPUT!

[Gary1of2]

Our wood stove hsa a seal around the door. The only time we get smoke is if you open it and it is not a real good buring fire , wet wood or real sappy wood. Or when I forget to clean spark arrestor. .

[Gideon]

I'll add to this

Not all smoke is the same.  I am HYPER sensitive to cigarette smoke, to the point where I have been dropped to my knees (literally) by a cigarette at 100 yards.  I am not severely affected by wood or charcoal smoke, buildings burning (and there is some real nasty stuff in any building fire) or, while I don't like them at all, even pipe or cigar smoke.

Fred

[Walla Walla]

bonjour,
How about smoke from a joint?

[Gideon]

I have never smoked anything in my life, but even Kronic ( a beer was once named that and it is still on the label), MJ, Mary Jane or Weed,  doesn't impact me the same way a cigarette does.

Fred