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> OT-Building A Fire, How Do You Do It?
How Do You Build Your Fire?
How Do You Build Your Fire?
Newspaper wadded up UNDER grate Wood Stacked [ 8 ] ** [20.51%]
Newspaper wadded up ON grate Wood Stacked [ 5 ] ** [12.82%]
No Newspaper Wood Stacked [ 1 ] ** [2.56%]
Newspaper wadded UNDER grate Wood Tee Pee [ 6 ] ** [15.38%]
Newspaper wadded ON grate Wood Tee Pee [ 1 ] ** [2.56%]
No Newspaper Wood Tee Pee [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]
I use Dura Flame logs [ 2 ] ** [5.13%]
I have Gas Logs! [ 6 ] ** [15.38%]
I don't have a fireplace :( [ 4 ] ** [10.26%]
Other: Describe Below [ 6 ] ** [15.38%]
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seanery
post Dec 3 2003, 07:05 PM
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I'm trying to figure out how to build a good fire quickly. I just switched from wood tee pee newspaper under to wood tee pee newspaper ON the grate. It worked great!
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post Dec 4 2003, 01:18 PM
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Creosote is the product of incompleat combustion. It's caused by the sap in the wood mixing with the water in green wood. The water turns to steam taking the sap and other stuff up the chimney where it cools against the sides of the pipes and solidifys. If allowed to build up over time it can cause a chimney fire, which can cause a house fire or wildlands fire. It can be cleaned by either building a hot fire everyonce in awhile or running a ball and chain with wire brushes attached up and down your chimney scraping it out.

I'm planning on building a Cordwood house up at the farm. The experts in this say that winter is the time to cut your wood (after the leaves fall) The sap/moisture is the lowest in the winter. Then stack it in lengths (protected) and strip the bark off in the spring. Any sap/moisture in the logs help with the removal of the bark. Then restack for 2-3 years to let the logs dry out before cutting to building lengths. This lets the wood get down to about 10% moisture content and prevents checking and cracking of the logs.
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seanery   OT-Building A Fire   Dec 3 2003, 07:05 PM
Aaron Cox   you forgot...brake cleaner and wood :o   Dec 3 2003, 07:07 PM
sj914   i just press a little button on a remote and up go...   Dec 3 2003, 07:07 PM
robby750   Go buy a box of fire starter logs. Made out of sa...   Dec 3 2003, 07:20 PM
redshift   Three wood components. Cured split hardwood logs,...   Dec 3 2003, 07:24 PM
GWN7   Stack your wood and use a propane torch to get it ...   Dec 3 2003, 07:36 PM
URY914   Why would you want to start a fire?   Dec 3 2003, 07:46 PM
Mark Henry  
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!   I have been banned from starting fires in in the f...   Dec 3 2003, 07:50 PM
nebreitling   don't change your fuel lines. i hear it works...   Dec 3 2003, 07:50 PM
Qarl   Newspaper crumpled, with split pine kindling, then...   Dec 3 2003, 07:52 PM
redshift   Here is a link to the splitter I use: http://clie...   Dec 3 2003, 08:15 PM
Aaron Cox   LOL....   Dec 3 2003, 08:22 PM
GWN7   Miles, Try putting insulation in your walls & roo...   Dec 3 2003, 08:24 PM
redshift   coffee+keyboard=delusional psychoid it's gett...   Dec 3 2003, 08:24 PM
Doug Leggins   This old house was built in 1935 - very little ins...   Dec 3 2003, 08:28 PM
Gint   Dood.... Charcoal lighter fluid works GREAT!   Dec 3 2003, 08:28 PM
Mark Henry  
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Gint   You don't have to be a moron about it. Some l...   Dec 3 2003, 09:02 PM
Bruce Allert     Dec 3 2003, 09:16 PM
redshift  
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GWN7   Well I live in an igloo. 2 ft. thick walls. I can ...   Dec 3 2003, 09:54 PM
campbellcj   The newer construction out in these parts can...   Dec 3 2003, 10:12 PM
seanery   Chris, whatayamean? (about the newer construction)   Dec 3 2003, 10:16 PM
Aaron Cox   my house was built w/ gas. we burn wood. a chimney...   Dec 3 2003, 10:17 PM
campbellcj   I could be wrong, but I recall being told it is "i...   Dec 3 2003, 10:27 PM
seanery   i gotcha on that one chris, embers possible floati...   Dec 3 2003, 10:51 PM
campbellcj   There is about 8 miles of "nothing" (brush and tre...   Dec 4 2003, 12:15 AM
!   Fire issues and the smoke from fire places cause n...   Dec 4 2003, 12:19 AM
GWN7   You can check with your local Fire Department for ...   Dec 4 2003, 01:46 AM
Bruce Allert   I was brought up using no grate. Grates weren...   Dec 4 2003, 08:02 AM
Lawrence   Newspaper? We don't need no stinkin newspaper...   Dec 4 2003, 08:09 AM
!   Creosote????? WYF, you burning RAILROAD ties agai...   Dec 4 2003, 08:27 AM
Joe Ricard   Yup gas in a teener + hot water heater = hotter th...   Dec 4 2003, 09:31 AM
Racer   I just back my Pinto up into a tree.. crude but ef...   Dec 4 2003, 10:25 AM

 

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