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Post by gardenlady22253 on Jul 4, 2005 3:51:14 GMT -5
I could use a refresher course in building a fire for the woodstove. My gram passed away and she was the only one in the family that cooked on a woodstove. We inhereited one from a freecycler and I plan to use it this winter, at the moment it is on the back stoop till we finish the chimney. Our house is between a fifty and a hundred years old depending on which room you're in. We decided to build the chimney to cut down on the chance of burning the house down instead of just running double insulated pipe.
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Post by lacyj on Jun 11, 2006 7:54:10 GMT -5
Did you ever get your cook stove in? How does it work?
lacyj
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Post by smwon on Jul 10, 2006 20:32:17 GMT -5
Hey that's a good question... I'd like to hear too!
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Post by Jenny on Jul 11, 2006 17:35:45 GMT -5
Everybody builds fires a little different, and some methods work better for different stoves. We have an antique Waterford Stanley with a modified, enlarged firebox. First, make sure the stove open so you get a good draft. I put a piece of firewood in one side. Crumple up a few pieces of paper right next to it, put a few pieces of kindling wood on top of the paper, light a match to the paper, and close the door. Once the kindling takes off, I start adding firewood. Smaller pieces at first, then wait for them to catch. Then add more. If we don't have any paper we want to burn for starting fires, we sometimes use dry lichen (usually Usnea --- common name is moose moss). It lights easily. Peeled, dry birch bark, or dry shavings from trees works well. When we first moved here, we certainly didn't bring lots of paper for burning. But, we were cutting spruce trees for building, so we just dried the shavings to use for starting fires. Worked great. If it's good and dry, a match will easily get it going. Now, if I didn't have matches, I'd have a much toucher time of it  Hope that helps. Jenny |
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