Colorado installation guides.
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission Regulation No. 4 limits new wood-burning stove sales and installations statewide to models meeting current EPA emission standards. Metro Denver adds winter Action Day burning limits for uncertified devices.
CDPHE indoor burning frequently requested informationChoose your city.
Arvada
Jefferson and Adams counties / Denver metroArvada’s code exempts solid-fuel heating or cooking from its high-pollution-day burning ban when a building’s heating or cooking source is interrupted.
Read the guideBrighton
Adams and Weld counties / north Denver metroBrighton straddles two counties: its Adams County side is inside metro Denver’s winter Action Day area, while CDPHE’s list does not include Weld County.
Read the guideCastle Rock
Douglas County / south Denver metroCastle Rock’s town code bars installing any uncertified wood stove or open wood-burning fireplace, even in existing homes, not just new construction.
Read the guideCentennial
Arapahoe County / Denver south metroCentennial’s building code bars traditional wood-burning fireplaces and solid-fuel stoves in homes inside the Centennial Airport noise contours and buffer zone.
Read the guideColorado Springs
El Paso County / Pikes Peak regionColorado Springs’ 2026 wildland-urban interface code requires an approved spark arrestor or cap on chimneys serving solid-fuel appliances.
Read the guideDenver
City and County of Denver / Denver metroDenver’s building code lets a wood-burning appliance be installed only if it meets EPA 2020 Step 2 limits; others must be converted to gas logs.
Read the guideErie
Boulder and Weld counties / north Denver metroErie straddles two counties: CDPHE’s winter Action Day burning limits cover all of Boulder County, but its list does not include Weld County.
Read the guideFort Collins
Larimer County / Northern ColoradoFort Collins City Code Sec. 5-110 lets a new or modified fireplace be only gas, electric, or an EPA-certified insert, so an open wood-burning fireplace is not an option.
Read the guideFountain
El Paso County / Pikes Peak regionFountain’s open-fire ban chapter, which lets the fire chief declare Stage 1 and Stage 2 restrictions, expressly exempts indoor fireplaces and wood-burning stoves.
Read the guideGrand Junction
Mesa County / Grand ValleyGrand Junction code requires a seller to replace or remove an uncertified wood stove before the property changes hands, a rule in force since 1997.
Read the guideGreeley
Weld County / Northern ColoradoGreeley’s city code says no one may install a new freestanding wood stove or insert unless it is certified, and bars reinstalling an uncertified stove without a retrofit kit.
Read the guideLongmont
Boulder County (small part in Weld County) / Northern Front RangeLongmont’s burning code makes a power outage, gas-supply interruption or temporary equipment failure an affirmative defense to a charge of burning on a high-pollution day.
Read the guideLoveland
Larimer County / Northern ColoradoLoveland has no local wood-burning or high-pollution-day ordinance; its code only limits what goes in a stove to clean, dry, untreated wood.
Read the guideParker
Douglas County / Denver south metroParker’s mechanical code permits a solid-fuel device only if it meets EPA Phase II or Colorado Phase III testing, and the town’s permit guide names EPA Phase 2 wood stoves outright.
Read the guidePueblo
Pueblo County / Southern ColoradoSince January 2026, City of Pueblo permits come from the new Southern Colorado Building Department, while Pueblo West and other unincorporated areas use Pueblo County’s own building division.
Read the guideWheat Ridge
Jefferson County / Denver west metroWheat Ridge’s own code bans running a wood stove or fireplace on a high pollution day unless the home displays a city exemption permit, with fines of up to $1,000.
Read the guideWindsor
Weld and Larimer counties / Northern ColoradoThe Town of Windsor requires no town contractor license for work in town, and building inspections are booked with SAFEbuilt rather than town staff.
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