https://schwarzglover12.livejournal.com/profile How to Properly Start a Wood Burning Stove Wood stoves are a warm way to heat a space and also save energy. However, they require an amount of care. Many modern wood stoves are compliant with EPA emission guidelines. You can check for an EPA sticker on the grate or under it to ensure that your stove doesn't release harmful pollutants. How to start a Wood Fire The smell and sound of a woodfire can be an excellent addition to any home. But it's important to learn the correct method to build a fire in your stove. Unintentional methods can lead to an unburned fire that doesn't burn effectively, and can produce smoke or creosote. The tips below can help you create a safe fire that will heat up your home quickly and efficiently. Examine the condition of your logs and coals before you start an fire. If they're wet they will choke your fire and hinder proper burning. You might want to open the chimney to get rid of any ash that has fallen into the stove. Begin by placing some small newspaper pieces that are dry in the stove. This will help to spark the tinder and ignite your kindling. Once the tinder and kindling have begun to burn, you can add the larger kindling pieces on the top. This should be done in a crosshatch pattern, so that there is air between each piece of wood. If you own a wood stove that has an automatic control for combustion that will automatically deliver a controlled stream of air to the fire as it grows. This will enable the fire to burn at a steady rate without having to constantly open the stove's doors to maintain it. Avoid using too much tinder, as it can cause the fire to burn at a fast rate and not use the fuel efficiently. After you've built a solid bed in your stove of sparks, tinder and kindling to start the main flame, you can do this by laying two large logs of the base on the grill. On top of these base logs lay a layer parallel to them. This method of creating a fire called a "top-down" fire w