lyb_72 questioned:
We bought a whole rack of firewood and cannot seem to get it to light and stay lit in the fireplace.
Jonathan
We bought a whole rack of firewood and cannot seem to get it to light and stay lit in the fireplace.
Jonathan
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Sherry
Be sure your chimmney is clean for excellent ari flow; cut down some excellent small kindling, and every size in between the smallest to your large logs. You have to have excellent, strong coal bed before you try burning a large log, so thats where the smaller pieces come in handy!
Valerie
Roll up newspaper, place on bottom and light to get the bottom of the wood hot. You can buy, starter logs that will help and last, but not least-always lighter fluid to get it kicking.
Melissa
You need “kindling wood”. Essentially you need to start with something very flammable like ancient newspapers. Then add small pieces of wood, then medium pieces, once this is going, it should be hot enough to burn the firewood that you have.
Amy
If the wood is still green, then it will not burn that well. Make sure you have aged, dry wood that you are burning, such as oak. Buy some stout lighter to help light the fire, or you could chip some wood off a 2 x 4 and use newspaper to light that sucker. You have to get some coals burning to light the wood. Get out the marshmallows, Martha.
Herbert
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Carolyn
If the wood is not “seasoned” then it will not burn easily. If you bought a load of fresh or what is called “greenwood” (unseasoned, freshly cut wood) then you will have distress getting it lit and keeping it lit. If this is not the case, try bringing the wood in, in advance of needing it, to allow it to dry a bit, make a bed of rolled up and crumpled newspapers, small twigs, larger pieces of wood and maybe a few dried pinecones, light this first, then add a smaller log. Once that gets going, add another then another. This should give a full, warm fire that will go for hours. Adding gasoline or lighter fluid is not only perilous, but downright careless, as the fumes could come back into your home and cause a fantastic deal of harm if not possibly kill you. Also, make sure your flue is OPEN before starting a fire of any kind. You should be able to find a handle inside your fireplace that opens and closes the flue. To check if its open, try lighting an incense stick and holding it in the fireplace, you should notice a “pull” of the smoke going up through the chiminey and out of the house. If not, it is probably not open, call a professional to come and look. Without this “draw” of the smoke, it will backdraft into your home, along with carbon monoxide and SMOKE and could kill you. If it is “pulling” this smoke out, then you will have excellent flow for the fire. Fire needs oxegen, so without this draw a fire will not go very well and will backdraft into your home. A huge problem that can also be very perilous. I hope these tips halp you to build a better fire! Excellent luck!
Philip
Try Firestarters. You can buy them at walmart. Never use lighter fluid!!