the wood burns with no flame and eventuallly just "simmers" out. its my first fireplace grew up in NYC? thanks for any help!
2006-11-18 00:54:04 · 9 answers · asked by What the Hell do I know 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Naw, your wood is damp inside. Check your damper on your flue and make sure it's open...wood fires need oxygen to burn. Before you start your fire, take a loosely rolled up piece of newspaper, light it, and hold the burning "spill" up into your chimney. this will start a "draft" in the chimney. If you don't get a draft, you may need to have your chimney checked for blockage. Good luck!
2006-11-18 01:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by boots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen so many responses from people that know so little about what they are talking about. I am 63 and live in Maine. I have cut, split, seasoned, stacked and burned wood all my life. Creosote build up in stoves or chimneys comes from one place only that that is WET WOOD. You can get it from wet oak just as well as wet pine. The only problem with pine as well as spruce, willow, fir, balsam, cedar, larch, tamarack, etc, is that it burns too quickly. This is the only reason I tend to stay with hardwoods. Softwood such as pine would never last through the night. I would have no problem using dry pine during the day, but would probably do a mix of soft and hardwood. Just make sure that it is dry which means below 20% moisture content.
2016-05-22 00:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that wood is wet and dangerous to burn.it causes to much creosote witch can and will cause a chimney fire. get another load of dry wood and let the wet Wood season for at least a year.
2006-11-18 12:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by fishtillyagetone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wood needs to be "seasoned" or dried out before it can be burned. Why not take this load and season it, and buy your first winter's load already seasoned? You can burn your wood next year.
2006-11-18 00:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by Peter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, not bad wood. just wet wood. water heats up and bubbles out as foam. nothing to be concerned about.
2006-11-18 00:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by delujuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to burn seasoned firewood...wood that has been cut for at least 6mo.
2006-11-19 01:26:34 · answer #6 · answered by R W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that wood doesn't dryed enough to burn...it's still fresh...yeah, bad wood.
2006-11-18 00:57:41 · answer #7 · answered by Duke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wood is wet
2006-11-18 00:57:58 · answer #8 · answered by angelina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the wood is wet,,,
2006-11-18 00:57:13 · answer #9 · answered by cee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋