Anyone can start a warm fire without the help of a Boy Scout. The first and most important step is opening your damper. There are several types of dampers some have a knob to turn on the front of the fireplace but the most common type is the ratchet the ratchet type is where you have to reach up and pull the leaver toward you. You can use your fireplace poker and hook the loop at the end of the ratchet
pulling tit toward you, you can use a damper pull, or you can reach your hand up there but make sure you have hearth gloves on when you do it. If you feel a rush of cold air when you open the damper you might want to warm up your flue. Rolling a piece of newspaper forming a small torch holding it up to the open damper then lighting it will create an updraft in your chimney and this will prevent
smoke from entering your home when you start the fire. The next step is choosing some kindling, dried kiln wood split into small pieces of small branches and twigs. When laying the kindling on your grate criss-cross the pieces leaving air space between them. The next step is choosing a fire starter.

Many people grab wads of newspaper shoving them between the kindling and lighting it. Newspaper tends to burn quick and doesn’t always light your kindling the first time; this step needs to be repeated a few times before it works. The most popular natural fire starter is called fatwood. Fatwood is kindling that is split from the aged stumps of pine trees. Fatwood is usually 6 to 8 inches in length and just
one piece will burn for up to 20 minutes and is more than enough time to start your kindling on fire.

thelograck.com/fire_starter.html” target=”_blank Continue Article

thelograck.com thelograck.com
patiohomeandhearth.com patiohomeandhearth.com