Many vintage stoves are out there, looking for a good home -- and a way to stay out of the landfill. Look around through newspaper classified ads, online and through estate and garage sales.

A typical 40-inch vintage model weighs around 500 pounds. Thinner and more compact, many modern stoves are about 150 pounds. The choice of stoves often reflected the original owner’s geography.

His stoves all work when he sells them, and he gives a six-month guarantee. Williams sells a four-burner O'Keefe & Merritt or Western- Holly stove from the 1950s for as little as $799.

State law allows pre-1940 antique stoves to be used in homes as long as owners get county permits and make sure the stove is in good shape.

NH Chronicle: Restoring Antique Stoves Once the center of the home, he gives these beautiful pieces a makeover ...

Vintage stoves are different. Mine runs solely on gas and is solidly built, with plenty of cast iron and with serious insulation so that it retains heat and cooks splendiferously.

Now Aikens runs the business, and he’s best known as a go-to guy for vintage stoves, such as the Town and Country model pictured at top: 5 feet long, six burners, two ovens, a broiler -- and ...

Paul Farr and his wife, Audrey Farr, pose for a portrait among antique stoves on Monday, June 15, 2020, in North Ogden. Paul Farr collects and restores the wood- and coal-burning stoves. NORTH ...

DULUTH – These stoves tell stories. Dennis Gunsolus knows them all. His basement is a showroom of more than 200 ornate and meticulously restored home heating devices that date back more than a ...