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How to light a fire in a wood burning fireplace fast. Tricks
Do you want to know how to make the wood in your fireplace burn?
When you have a fireplace to heat your house, in addition to saving money, you offer a relaxing and romantic atmosphere to your home. Knowing how to make a good fire in a fireplace is not very difficult, you just have to safely follow a few key points. Therefore, we want to offer you some essential tips and recommendations for lighting a wood burning fireplace.
The fireplace: much adored in winter by many people. It warms us, it hypnotizes us with its flames and it relaxes us… It creates a romantic atmosphere or it encourages endless conversations by the fire with family and friends.
Sometimes lighting a fire can be difficult, but do not be discouraged, follow these tips and essential recommendations to be able to light the wood fireplace without stress! and you will see how you get it more easily. There are many ways to light the fire, but this is one of those ways that makes the process easier.
What is the best firewood for the fireplace?
The hardest wood firewoods are those with the highest calorific value. What is considered the best firewood is oak . It is a hard wood and very resistant to humidity, that burns slowly generating a lot of heat and is affordable. It is preferable to use dry firewood.To choose the type of firewood, we have to take into account the heat capacity. Ordered from highest to lowest, this is the heat capacity of each type of firewood:
- Over: 4900
- Chestnut: 4800
- Elm: 4790
- Oak: 4690
- Olive: 4678
- Beech: 4630
- Pine: 4557
There is a firewood called "green firewood", it is much cheaper, but it has much less calorific value and gives off a very unpleasant white smoke. Although it is cheaper, it is not the best option when it comes to cooking.
The firewood is preferable that it does not have branches or green twigs. If not, it will cause thick smoke, plus it will cost much more to light the fireplace.
You will need to light and use the fireplace:
Here are some products that can be very useful:
- A couple of large logs.
- 5-10 small pieces of wood chips or firewood or pinecones.
- Several sheets of paper. Even better if you use some small pre-treated eco-friendly material to light. It must be taken into account that lighting with newspaper is especially polluting and contributes to the formation of soot in the chimney, even so, better from newspaper than magazines or colored paper, it is more ecological.
- Ignition pills.
- Matches or lighter.
Product to clean the windows of the fireplace
Step 1. Most importantly, your safety.
The first thing you have to take into account before lighting a good fire in the wood fireplace is to make sure that there are no objects that can burn nearby , you will have to remove any object that can catch on.
Step 2. Start a base with easy ignition fuel.
You have to prepare a base with fuel of easy ignition . You can put some newspaper, thin branches, dry leaves, a couple of ignition pills ... place them in such a way that there are holes for the flame to breathe and oxygenate.
Step 3. Light the fire and don't neglect it.
Remember, it is better to use firewood from a hard tree, and it is recommended, to make it easier to light, that it is always as dry as possible. It is often said that the best firewood has had to be 6 months in the open, in the sun. This helps it lose much or all of the moisture it contains.
Now you have the base ready to light the fireplace, take a match or a lighter, light the fire and close the door. This step is the most delicate , it is very important to be careful and not neglect the fire so that it does not go out. To make it easier for the fire to really ignite, you can put the flame in different places. If you see that it is fading, add some more twig.
My personal trick to ignite faster is: Take 1 or 2 pineapples, and in their holes put pieces of ignition tablets . Then put newspaper on top, small branches and a thicker trunk on top, I usually do it in the shape of a pyramid leaving holes so that the fire does not drown and oxygenates.
Light a match or lighter and from time to time hit with the bellows to fan the flames until the fire gains strength.
Some fireplaces take longer than others to create a good draft, especially brick ones. If the draft isn't enough, it may be a good idea to open the stove door slightly until the stove is hot.
If, after all, we have miscalculated the size of the log, or we have erred in its placement, and the fire is extinguished, we can still take advantage of the embers and start again. It is not uncommon for multiple attempts to be made.
Step 4. Watch the air flow.
Remember that the air flow is the most important thing, we recommend a distance of 1 cm between piece and piece of firewood, it is the ideal measurement. The small wood should not be thick, small logs or chips between two and four centimeters thick are ideal.
Step 5. Add thicker logs.
Once you see that it is already lit, it is time to add thicker logs so that they start to ignite before the twigs are consumed and the fireplace goes out. To light the log, you have to bring a flame to it continuously for a while until the log burns by itself. In this step we will still have to be attentive, and not neglect the fire by putting in some twigs from time to time. It will be necessary that there is space between the logs, so that the fire breathes and has the necessary oxygen to burn, you can place the logs in a "pyramidal" shape so that air enters and ignites more easily.
If after a while, the fat log has not yet lit, we can forget about it for the moment, to prevent it from going out we have to take advantage of this fire to burn a medium-sized log. Once this log has ignited, the thick log will surely burn. While being inside the fireplace it takes temperature to ignite more easily. From this moment on, the log will give us its warmth, just by paying attention to a few details. The placement of the log is very important, since its flame has to give us heat, on the one hand, and it has to be the source, also, of the combustion itself; for this reason, it is important to give it a little twist when part of the trunk has been consumed.
Step 6. Use the bellows.
We can help ourselves with a bellows, it is very useful to stoke the fire. A bellows is an instrument that is used to give air to the fire and thus fan the flames, thus achieving that the largest logs ignite and the flame does not go out. If you have a fireplace with a door, you have to check that the vents are open.
Step 7. Take care that it does not go out by adding more logs from time to time.
Once the flame is well lit, you will have to add larger logs and recharge it as we observe that it is necessary. If you follow these directions and light the fire with a couple of thick logs, the first load of firewood will last an hour. When it has turned to embers, you can open the door and add more firewood. We recommend leaving the door ajar for a few seconds before fully opening it.
Step 8. How to prevent the stove glass from turning black?
The best way to light the wood stove is, once the tablet is in place, leave the door half ajar while the iron and pipes are heating up and creating the appropriate depression so that the stove works well, and does not accumulate excess smoke in the combustion chamber, which will make the glass stain more.
Step 9. C OW clean the glass of the fireplace or stove?
It is one of the questions we ask ourselves when we have a wood or pellet fireplace. There are different cleaners on the market for stove and fireplace glass that effectively remove all traces of tar and soot .
You just have to spray the product and let it act for a few seconds (or minutes, in the case of particularly resistant deposits) and wipe with a dry cloth paying attention to the most difficult areas.
Step 10 Use a chimney sweep log at the beginning and end of the season to prevent potential fires
It is a log shaped like a log or a briquette. It is used to remove soot and clean the chimney flue pipes. This helps the proper functioning of the fireplace or wood stove and avoids possible incidents, since sometimes the creosote that forms in the pipes can ignite and cause a fire .
The frequency with which this type of chimney sweep log should be used varies depending on the use that you have given to the fireplace or stove. It is advisable to use the log at the beginning and end of the cold season. To use it, the fireplace is started with a load of wood and then the unopened chimney sweep log is inserted from the bag in which it comes. The process ends when the fire goes out by itself.
Important notes:
- If you want to light the fireplace and have a comfortable and lasting fire, it is better to put, once the fireplace is lit, a thick log. The thinner branches will provide us with the flame much sooner, but it will also be extinguished quickly, so it will be necessary to continually replenish the fuel.
- It is important that the logs are dry; if they are green they will give off a lot of smoke, it will be constantly sizzling, and it will only be the source of unnecessary annoyance.
- With the help of the appropriate fireplace utensils, you can turn over and reposition the wood as necessary.
- Be careful with the children, that they do not approach the fire if you are not present.
- Another very important point to achieve a joyful flame is that air can enter: the fire must be oxygenated. If we bring many logs to it, we will only be able to drown the fire, and it will be extinguished without being able to avoid it.
- If you go to sleep and the fire is still burning, do not forget to put a protector or make sure that there are no carpets, chairs or any flammable objects near the fire.
- It is common that when you light a fireplace, you are surrounded by people giving their own advice. Although these are always welcome, a good fire is usually a single thing.
- Now we can enjoy the pleasure that the heat of the fireplace gives us at home.
How to put out a fire in a wood burning fireplace
With salt
Another very effective way is to add salt on the embers scattered and covered with ash. More or less, a large bowl will suffice, although this varies depending on the size of the fire. This method can be used when the fire is not very intense.
With sand
With a metal shovel, spread the ash over the embers. Although it will not put out the fire completely, it will extinguish it. When the flames disappear, finish extinguishing the embers by pouring sand over them. Before lighting the fire again you will have to remove the sand well and put new wood so that there is no sand in the fireplace.
With bicarbonate
Baking soda can help you put out a fire effectively. You have to spread the logs, cover them with ash and put a thin layer of bicarbonate on top, enough to cover all the embers.
With water
Do not even think about adding a bucket of water to put out the fire in the fireplace, it would be a very sharp contrast to your temperature and it could damage your fireplace, what you have to do is moisten the logs with a spray bottle. Spread the firewood with the poker so that it goes out more quickly. Spray until you see the fire go out.
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