Easy Way to Start Fires: No Need to Split Kindling!
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- I've been heating my home with a wood-stove for as long as I've been a homeowner, and over the years my method of lighting fires has evolved. The goal has always been less work and better results. In this video I explain why I stopped splitting kindling years ago, and how I set up all my fires all the time quickly, easily, and without the need to split any kindling at all. The secret was right in font of me all the time!
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Dried citrus peel (dried on the top of the woodstove til slightly blackened) works fantastically.
The oils in the peel ignite like commercial fire lighters.
One gotcha with this approach is critters coming out when you peel the bark off. It really depends on your wood. In my area, pull that bark up and you'll often see about 20 red oak borer larvae crawling around. Best to peel the bark off ahead of time and outside away from the house.
I pull bark 24 hours before I bring it in. Time enough for the chickens to purge the bugs and larva.
I call them fire starters 😆
@@mattlindsayb9856 I call them dinner
We have scorpions
Use the ash and water and it cleans off easy. That’s all I use to clean the glass on my wood stove
This year we didn't have to buy any wood...a guy in our area had a lot of trees cut down on his property and wanted them removed, so my husband and my son were happy to take them off his hands ...it was a lot of work and time, but we got about 2 years worth of hardwood and my son got a lot for milling boards...everyone was happy
Great exercise program!
That’s so awesome!
Once the U.S. goes to electronic currency, barter ( to include "free" ) will be illegal. Everything must be reported to the IRS. ...
Likewise I got a ton of hardwood from my neighbors land he had a ton of Cherry and oak trees taken down and put the word out in the neighborhood lol I lost a few wknds to removing that wood but I got at least a good solid 2 yrs worth . I love burning oak and cherry 👍
I've never bought wood in my life. I found wood every single year for free in my area. Split it all myself. One year I convinced a tree company to drop whole tree trunks in my yard. Best free wood I ever got, all hardwood.
I love the idea of just using the bark as kindling but peeling bark isn't much easier than splitting kindling
Most of the time the bark falls off the wood- kindling never falls off the wood.
I split my own wood and find enough chips of wood and bark and rarely need to split kindling. only if i buy my wood already split is when i need to split kindling. love a wood stove. so much more cozy.
Believe me, as a very long term wood stove user, peeling the bark off dislodges hundreds of bugs like cockroaches, millipedes, ants, and spiders. Just try it!!!
All you have to do is to use smaller wood pieces at first and simply douse lightly with a small squirt of diesel fuel. Even diesel can be hard to light when cold.
When wood is dry enough, peeling bark is very easy. I actually quite enjoy it. Have no interest in splitting kindling. An unnecessary and rather dangerous chore.
Wood stoves are wonderful things. I love cutting and splitting firewood. There's nothing like reading a book in front of the fire with a glass of red wine. Appreciating the simple blessings is the way to go. Thanks for the video 👍
Couldn't agree more!
Saved our water lines in Texas this week. 53 hrs without electricity. Our wood stove kept us in the house and we didn't have a single bursted line in this freeze. Most of our neighbors had to leave and returned with leaks in their water line. We installed it 4 yrs ago and it just paid for itself in dividends!
I prefer beer over red wine. More masculine
@@maritimegardening4887 cool vid.... thank you. Will try this method as am having trouble fire starting since stove glass broke and there's an apparent shortage of ceramic glass here on Vancouver Island, BC
Ohh, don't worry about safety....
Hello yes I use a wet cloth and dip it into the ashes in the grate - Thats the way I clean my class every time - Hoep that helps and thanks for your informative video Best Leo
i use wet paper and a dry piece to buff the glass the throw it in the stove
I keep a package of baby wipes in the wood box. Dip in the ashes and finish with a piece of scrap paper.
The ashes work amazing to clean, perfect abrasive! Tried it for the first time!
Our woodstove dealer years ago told us to clean the glass by dipping a wet paper towel in water and then blot some ashes onto it to use the ashes as a scrubbing agent. Works every time!
A 30 minute video that could have been done in 3. But hey, it's TH-cam.
A useless comment from a troll - but hey, it's TH-cam...
@@maritimegardening4887 i have to agree with dpeagles. But hey, its youtube.
Great info but yeah a bit of editing could have dropped it to a 5 minute video to get the same info. Not a troll comment since I did like the video
@@tysonterry8034 yes i realy did enjoy it too. Cutting down time is just a piece of constructive critisism👍🏻
"I never chop kindling", I just spend hours removing the bark from logs 🤣🤣
I have two retractable clothes lines that are hung by my stove so that I can hang my laundry up to dry during the day when I'm gone or at night while I'm sleeping and then when company comes over I just retract those splines into the holder and I don't have laundry lines hanging across my living room
Very simple and effective!
Thanks for the tip!
Matches are so old school. Use a propane torch to start your stove, and you'll never look back.
He used a lighter
Used a torch for 13 years a small bottle of propane lasted all winter , less mess and less work , it’s the way to go
Did that once with an acetylene torch cuz it was handy
I'm sure people will have their own opinions on this but I use a tea light candle. A pack of 100 will set you back about 4 dollars. I'm in mesquite country so I use twigs and small branches to get things going. Set the tea light candle under it all and spark it up. The paraffin ultimately burns off and I don't get any build-up issues. That might be because mesquite burns so dang hot.
Fast start and a cold stove means always lots of smoke and soot in the chimney .. nah, igniting from the top with kindling definitely works much better .. btw you wasted such an amount of birch bark on one lighting that it usually lasts me a whole week :)))
Well I've done both over the years - this takes less time, and the chimney is fine. No buildup.
I was new to burning wood so had a learning curve. Top down was first revelation. I installed a Blaze King catalytic stove so getting the firebox up to temp quickly is critical for maximum efficiency. It troubled me to have 20 minutes or more of wasted smoke up the chimney. I have ditched the full firebox top down method for a what I have found to be much more efficient. For a new fire, or to bring up to temp in the morning before reloading (rake coals to front), I now use the 3 stick method. Two 1" bone dry sticks front to back over a third laid over coals or new kindling at front of firebox. Firebox being empty allows heat to radiate to surrounding brick/firebox. 10 minutes and hot firebox mass, minimal resources/smoke up the chimney. Sometimes I add a the first piece or two of wood to the back of stove half way through to "heat" that mass.
This could have been a much shorter video....like 3 minutes long would have been more than enough
Ya if it's longer than three minutes it better be good
Welcome to the age of bla-bla.
Just paused after 5 mins out of boredom. No plans to continue.
He's just showing the whole kit & kaboodle...tips and tricks! He explained well and y'all shed tears too fast.
30 min to say to use bark as kindling?
Used oven cleaner on glass today....worked well. Vinegar, ash etc wasn't quite good enough...twas filthy.
Before getting a wood stove, I never thought there was a science to starting a fire. I’ve learned so much since having to use one about the best way to start one in the most efficient manner!
That is awesome!
Splitting kindling is a heck of a lot easier than peeling bark!
nope - I've done both.
I came to check out a way of avoiding the use of kindling not to see all the types if material that can be used for kindling. I was hoping for a good demonstration if the propane torch adapter I have added to a few stoves to alow a soldering torch to be used to start a fire in a new compliant stove without leaving the door open. ANY stove that requires the door to be left open at any time in the burn cycle is porely designed. I worked with a stove manufacturer designing stoves that used afterburners and catalytic converters; we researched all designs that were in development. All of the designs approved were inferior to theirs, but they decided not to persue that line of products.
They stayed with the products they sell thousands of; cremators for dead chickens that poultry farms use. They have to be exceptionally clean burning.
@@shermanhofacker4428 I don't consider using propane to start a wood fire to a better approach in terms of self sufficiency - you just become dependent on propane. I'm using something that is free to start a fire - you're using something that has to be bought. Makes no sense to me - but rock on and man do your thing.
I've been heating with wood for past 6 years. This for those mornings I sleep longer than my night burn is a game changer. Much thanks.
Glad to help
Gasket adhesive. Try rubbing alcohol. Luck.
Those tem gauges are too high on the chimney. They need to be 10inches above the stove and if you have a stove pipe damper below that damper.
Pine cones, people. If you have a pine tree or two around, you're golden.
Yellow pine needles as well.
Use the wood ash to clean the window.
EasyOff oven cleaner will let you easily wipe the glue off of the glass. Be sure to get the original (yellow aerosol can) and NOT the BBQ one, nor the fumeless one, etc.
Goo Gone might work too, but Easy Off definitely will.
LOL why worry about the glass being perfectly clean!
Use the wood stove ash and make a paste to clean the glass👍
Tried that - no dice :)
Then you are doing it wrong. Use a fairly wet cloth, dip it in the ash pan/ floor of the fire. It’s the water with the dry ash that works. The chemical reaction that cleans the glass. By the time you have faffed around with paste you’ve lost the reaction.
That Birch bark is like gold. I hate to be critical but I’m north of the 46th parallel and heat with a 105 year old wood cook stove as only heat source. That Birch bark, peal off the layer under the white paper and cut it up with garden scissors to about 1 1/2”” squares. Let them dry. Since I have a oven that’s always hot, I stick metal baskets full of that in the oven for a while. But it would dry without. I have boxes of this cut and dried. I grab a small hand full, put some good starting wood on top, and light it off. The Birch bark smokes bad, so be ready to shut the door. Job’s done! Fastest fire you can get! Easiest too!
Just another normal home...our treadmill makes a great clothes drier....and we also have a 2 story home with a walk out basement that has a woodstove that we use constantly ....same as you the house has electric heat that we refuse to use (except the upstairs bathroom when it gets really cold, nobody likes a cold bathroom in the winter ! hahaha)
Good use for a treadmill. In north korea they use refrigerators as shoe racks. They don't have electricity.
I heated my house for years with a Ashley thermostat controlled stove due to high utilities. It was very efficient on wood usage. My home had central heat and air so all I had to do was turn on the fan on the central unit and it would put heat through out the house it worked great. Always enjoyed wood heat since that was all my grandparents had for heat when I was a small child with feather beds and quilts to stay warm with at night. FOND MEMORIES. Nice VIDEO. Thanks!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for all the helpful tips, I'm always trying to up my game on building a good fire 😊
I loved your video on how to install a new gasket. You make it look so easy, it's something I need to do this year, wish me luck! My Husband passed away a few years ago, now I'm the one who has to do all the wood stove maintenance .
You're welcome. Sorry to hear about your man - I hope your gasket install goes well.
My wife n I heat with wood she does a great job praying you do as well
You mentioned after you filled your woodstove that if your stove is cold, and you don’t have a positive airflow, that you might not want to start off filling it as full as you have here. That’s exactly what happens with us frequently. It warms up outside for a number of days so we don’t use the stove and then it gets cold and there’s a good downdraft. What is the best way to reverse the airflow and get the stove warm so the chimney pipe gets warm and smoke does not come into the house? Thanks for any tips.
Thanks for the help. I learned a lot from you. I just bought a new 2020 wood stove like yours. I have had 7 fires in it so far and thought i needed tools for making kindling so i went to you tube for information. First thing i saw was your video. I learned more than just about kindling. Now I know how to control the process and all the factors involved.
Glad to help man. Stay safe and keep warm :)
this make's me feel better that I am not the only one that has such an intimate obsesion with being warm. haven't bought oil in years. It's worth it to be concious
That's truer than u may think
thank you for leaving music or noise "these Days" out of your video.
I use yard stuff small branches,but I do cut cookies from small splits that will fit in my cut off saw about 4 in round 1 or 2 in thick , I keep a small basket by my stove as fire starters or just fire up the stove . Burn 24 /7 don’t start many fires. Stay safe, stay warm!
My stove manufacturer warns against "too-rapid" heating as it can warp the firebox. Mine is welded steel and not cast-iron though.
Yes, most do and cardboard is never recommended, it can create chimney fires. Plus card board usually has a lot of chemicals mixed in.
i can get a fire going without using bark or kindling . just dry wood and some newspaper and a little practice and patience . its not hard .
Buy a new window...........
I agree that it’s not necessary to split kindling. I use the bark and slivers of wood that break off of the wood during the process of splitting large wood rounds. Great instruction on starting a fire in a wood stove.
Thanks
I've been doing the same thing for years. Sometimes there's too much bark and so I spread it as course mulch around the trees.
Good basic video. I would add keep a pot of water on the stove to add humidity to the air in the room, that fan is a joke (if anything, let it blow on the hot stove pipe), clean out ashes daily and throw them on your lawn (great basic fertilizer), safety: keep a fire extinguisher nearby and use a fireproof carpet in front of your stove to protect the floor and your knees when loading, chimney sweep every other year to avoid chimney fire.
I wish I had a wood stove makes for the best warm heat
you can use fine sand paper to clean difficult things off of glass.
You're doing that thing again, where I'm wonderinfg vaguely about a topic and then you post the EXACT information I'm looking for. Thank you so much! Now that I have the firewood nicely stacked, learning how to build fires effectively has been a whole other interesting thing! Off to practice forthwith!
...and post haste. Give it a fortnight and let me know how it goes :)
Bahaha. Well, I've currently got a roaring fire that is lasting longer than any other I've tried....wonderful technique, thank you so much!!
Triton's Lodge,
STILL think you're not being monitored, eh ? ...
denatured alcohol will loosen glue- only use when stove is cold
lacquer thinner should take it off
I look forward to reading your replies to my further 6 questions. You are such a wealth of information on so many subjects. I truly enjoy watching your channel.
You made a 2 minute video, 30 minutes long.
Gasket adhesive - have you tried acetone? Obviously, during the summer lol Also, because the fire was our primary heat, it was almost always going. For this reason, we rarely needed to use kindling or even just bark the logs, just 'throw another log on the fire' every 1/2 or so and that would keep the house at a nice level, comfortable temp. And if we slept in and the wood needed help to catch and start burning good, a minute or so with a butane torch would do the trick. And yes, we left the door open for a better draft too, though usually, it was the door for the ash pan which was directly below the wood box door.
I've tried acetone - insofar as it is a key ingredient in nail polish remover - which I have tried to no effect. Perhaps 100% acetone would work better. Good suggestion :)
@@maritimegardening4887 howabout a tiny little plastic foil?
27:35 I'm guessing that ISN'T a catalytic stove. This is a secondary burn stove. The air intake into the chamber is near the top . It's air that is *injected* into the chamber by the heat of the burn itself--I think it sets up an updraft from a bottom air intake of the stove somewhere thru a sleeve between the burn chamber and the outer stove wall and into the top of the burn chamber. The intake on that fire is at the top, and it's preheated [that is, once the fire is going]. This system of 400F O2 hitting, nee, *injecting* the top of the stack really works well to combust *everything* in the fuel. I believe it results in the almost magical looking ignition you describe seeing at the top.
I'm not sure how a catalytic system works, except that there's what amounts to a catalytic converter right before the flue/outlet that magically burns pollution things after it gets to hi temp, exactly like your car. I worry about the ageing of the space-age alloys and ceramics in a cat converter that I would eventually need to replace. (Also the converters are known to take damage and need early replacing from abuse--wet wood, non-wood-based kindling.) Never-mind all that trouble and special materials if we can get the exact same effect with the secondary burn system, right? It seems like they could combine both the systems if the cat really helped a lot. Maybe your stove does that, and I can't think of a technical downside to that, but I've never heard of a stove being *both* secondary-burn *and* cat-converter. From all I can gather secondary-burn stoves are the simpler manufacture and maintenance and performance way to go, and I think you have one.
I really need to do or find a paper or video condensing the history of wood stoves and how they've become more efficient over time, from the Franklin stove to modern EPA-certified log stoves. There seems to have been a lot of refinements, not that I get the impression that this final iteration of the machine exemplified by yours would be considered complicated compare to an engine from any century, but I gather it's not the same as the generations before.
We never split kindling we use tiny branches and branches with news paper at the bottom. Easy peasy.
@Johnny AppleStead says the pot head. Edit: Sorry... I mistook you for Johnny Apple Seed.
I save all the cardboard boxes I get from shopping online. Hubby asked, "Why are you saving these boxes?" I just smiled and said, "One day you will find out and you will thank me." 😊
Very neat. Sacrilege- all those hours splitting kindling and balling up newspapers, lol. We had a wood stove in rural Victoria State, Australia. Loved that heating. We had no softwoods aside from the plantation pinus radiata which burnt like siaked in kerosene. Best wasv"red gum" a real prick to split as its a burl grain, but dense and full of oil.
You've not eaten till you've had wood stove casserole.
My woodbox is the outer casing of a twintub washing machine!
Nice :)
Candle wax on newspaper chuck two in screwed up light it no mucking around better than firelighters keeep them in a small bag , shut the door i can light my heater in 1 minute.ex blacksmith.
Do you use that trick every single day? You must go through a lot of candle wax
All that birch bark builds up creosote quick. Please clean your chimney often.
Creosote build up is also a function of how hot you run your stove - if you run it hot on start up the build up is not hat much - I get mine cleaned about every two years - and there's rarely much build up when we do it
Use the ashes and a damp cloth to clean glass it works
Extreme draft if you ask me...
Try acetone to clean your window.
Man you sound like John boy walton
Excellent tip! I had seen the top down version where one builds from large to small, but this looks SO much easier! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
I just paid $1,400 for 600lt of oil for my old oil furnace - hope it lasts more than a month!
Yikes
Work smarter not harder, well done.
Gasket adhesive? lol, muriatic acid, if you're lucky.
Good idea
WD-40. Wet a rag, tape it to the glass and leave an hour or two. Obviously when the box is cold. WD-40 destroys adhesive. You can try acetone too, but i think WD-40 would work better.
great video. didnt need to be 30 mins tho
Does the stove get too hot though? I thought anything up near 700 degrees and higher is bad for the stove and the flu??
You manage the air supply to keep it below 600
steel wool for cleaning the glass
5 minutes in you lost me. Way way way too long! I would have maybe liked it, but I’m not going to listen to the boring unnecessary talking to get to the info...
And then you wasted even more of your time typing out this comment.
@@maritimegardening4887 It was worth it to get the message across.
We heat our home with a woodstove 100% of the time as we don't work in the winter, so we're always manning the stove. I never considered stripping off some bark for kindling, so I will try it. But what we use that gets red hot and a great starter is twisted, knotted doughnut shaped newspaper. Two sheets of standard size newspaper, and from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, on that diagonal line, scrunch it up into a long rope, and keep twisting it like a candy cane keeping it long and twisted. From the center, make a small loop, and create a knot, or a doughnut keeping a hole in the center. Tuck the tails of the newspaper inside. A couple of those ignited, they burn hot for a good length of time.
That n-paper trick's a good one!
@@maritimegardening4887 Maritme...Is that a Lopi stove I detect? The telltale sign are the pipes with holes on the ceiling of the stove. Got a similar one in that it's a Liberty by Lopi. We have the electric motor blower that pushes air outside the double walls of the stove and it rally helps to distribute the warm air. Love the Lopi stoves.
@@lostinmyspace4910 I don't think so but maybe it's a similar design. Works great
anyway - good 6 hour burn for this one
Fat lighter wood come from pine trees, when a pine tree drys out the sap settle in the heart of the tree inside.of the 🎄🎄🎄
It call lighter knots and it's easy to light it with a match
And how would I source enough to light fires every day for the entire winter?
Makes me wish I had held out buying a house till I found one with a wood burner 👍😊 thanks
Vi McShannon
You can generally add a wood stove to most homes if you're really wanting a wood stove.
where are you from.we use degreese in america not celcius buddy hope your not following the change they want
canada. We switched to metric in the 70s. Most Canadians my age use both depending on what we are measuring. Regarding the "change they want" - I have no idea what you're talking about.
A few comments: Bark is damp and harbors mold & insects & is messy. Your procedure is unprofessional & incorrect. You never gave consideration as how to properly handle cold standing air in the stack. Your condition is clearly positive flow by the dangerously racing fire in the beginning. You risk a chimney fire or damage to the neoceram or air tube. Fortunately the stove here is an economy steel welded one so less risk of thermal damage. You should do a little research on these common wood stove subjects before posting a potentially harmful example like here. Please stay safe.
You must be a lot of fun at parties
@@maritimegardening4887 Sir as most owners know, cold stoves have a volume of negative cold air in the stack to first manage so smoke does not spill into room. Fortunately you own a cheap steel stove made of stamped steel here. So it’s thinner welded construction can tolerate the neglectful rapid thermal exposure, bypassing the air tubes, blowtorching high volume of sparks right into what may have accumulated along the length of the flue. Sir please educate yourself on how to properly start & run a wood stove. Please do this for your family. Your video could then be more like 5 useful minutes, Then we can party! Stay safe.
What kind of chimney did you say that is? Does it it bring combustion air from outside?
selkirk chimney - no, it doesn't do that, it's just cheaper to install, it's stainless steel and just attaches to the exterior of the house
I use windex & paper towel cleans real well! If a bad smudge on window use ashes from fireplace to clean window also I have used steel wool does not hurt window!!! Thanks great video!!!dennis
clean glass... maybe acetone...Lacquer thinner... denatured alcohol... Zip Strip......unless it already burned off
Usa/get dry pine needles
I wouldn’t like to make a massive fire like in case it got out of control maybe only half
Most Instruction Manuals Say Not to Do it But, Wood Ash Makes a Geeat Glass Cleaner on Woodstove Glass. I Take a Wet Paper Towel Dab it in Fine Wood Ash . Lye is Made from Wood Ash & Water. Lye is Oven Cleaner & it Works on Soot. I Found that the Residue from the Ash Keeps the Glass Cleaner Overall. Woodstove Manuals Usually Also Tell you Not to Do that with the Door. You're Supposed to Burn with Door Fully Open or Fully Closed.. Just Sayin.
Wow…interesting because the manual that came with our stove 20+ years ago, did tell you to use a bit of the white ash to clean the window!
Can anyone tell me what the electric cord is for in the back of the stove. I’m new to this. Thanks
It's probably for a fan. Maybe get a professional in to check out the stove and field question - money well spent.
for starting a fire, dryer lint and sticks from the yard. Nothing is faster in my 35 years....not that ive given it 35 years of thought.
Gasoline will take it off
The reburn works by adding hot fresh air. That oxygen reacts with the gasified wood and burns all the gasified wood.
Cardboard is kindling with an air quality price! It contains dioxin in small amounts and it's small amounts that contribute to the lung cancer risk of every day people breathing in emissions from paper burning. Paper and cardboard should be in the landfill, on garden beds, recycled into more paper products or commercially incinerated, in which it burns at a higher temperature. Dioxin is still used as an aid to the pulping of wood in the paper industry. (despite Love Canal)
When you burn wood it produces dioxins as well
@@maritimegardening4887 didn't know that....thanks
you'll luv this mix the cold ash mix with water wipe with rag/paper towel clean glass
wood turns grey because it's been out in the sun, not because it's dry
If it's that dark gray from the sun, it's basically dry. It could have temporarily gotten wet in a current rain, but that's just surface moisture.
@@lostinmyspace4910 It's a chemical reaction from UV rays. Wood can lay on the wet ground and never dry and still turn grey. I heat 100% with wood. I cut a lot of wood. I see a lot of wet, grey wood. Just walk out in the woods.
I don't split much kindling anymore and fires are in an open pit, but I grew up splitting wood for an open hearth fireplace and a woodstove at the cabin. We had Manitoba Maple and Green Ash mainly.
I might try Acetone on the adhesive but on a cold stove though...
Nice fire!
I know this is an old comment but did you have much success with Manitoba maple? I have a ton available and not sure how it will burn once seasoned. Thanks
@@semiprofessional8470 The maple needs to season for a long time to burn very well as I recall.
A lot of handling...
The all mighty woodstove. Every home should have one.
I won’t ever be without one and refuse to get a pellet stove. But I just bought a bag of pellets to use as a fire starter. Seeing this will make that less of a need, but good to have some anyway.
yep it is amazing how it turns everything you throw inside in to heat
Gas will take it off
Hmm. I was hoping this was gonna be something I could use. I never put soft woods in my stove. Defintely no pine, no birch, no spruce, no fir. And anything with resin in it is a no go. I use well seasoned hardwood only. Guess I'll still be using kindling.
birch is a hardwood
@@maritimegardening4887 That is mostly true, however, for the purpose of this discussion ( _firewood . . . not wood working or carpentry_ ) the fact remains that birch is a poor firewood and a creosote producer. Multiple studies from multiple University Forestry Programs list it as a poor source for firewood. It is not as bad as, say, yellow pine. But is still poor.
@@maritimegardening4887 p.s. The owner's manual for my wood stove lists it as one of several woods to avoid burning in it.
Try a paste from wood ash /water and use a newspaper to abrade that glue off. You’ll find that in yer ger -rahhj, eh.
That's great if you can get enough from your wood. If you are in America and have yourself a homestead, you are not getting your wood the way I have to get it in merry old England. I just live in a row house, a man with a tipper truck comes and dumps £120 worth of wood on the pavement, and the kids and I get it off the pavement within a couple of hours. Its usually not very good wood because we are poor folks. Either its not properly seasoned or its been badly stored and is damp. So I operate a system where the wood itself is drying out near the fire. Sometimes I get some logs from a decent place and yes I've been saving the bark because I saw for myself how well it caught alight on the logs. We just go through too much. I got a couple old pallettes to chops up, gonna try that. Otherwise I will be forever buying kindling, which is ludicrously expensive over here. If I ever get my act together collecting sticks would be great too.
how often do you clear ash! I leave a a good ash bank,
Oh maybe once every week or so
weed burner
Acetone will remove the residue on the stove glass, but use caution, there must be no fire or heat in or around the stove when using acetone!!!
Turpentine
But I enjoy splitting kindling.
Then enjoy :)
Thanks very much for the tip. Since watching your video I've been peeling bark off my wood as I go and have cut my kindling needs by nearly 100 per cent. Your method of starting it is interesting. I'm wondering though how long that fire will burn that you started in the video. It's a lot of wood but if the fire burns long enough may be worth it. I usually start my fires top down but don't use nearly as much wood or kindling as you do.
Awesome man thanks!
Try acetone on the glue on the window
I have... did not work. It just wore off over time.
We have 500 facecord cut split and stacked. For 2022 winter
my nephew dips pine cones in wax and sticks dryer lint to the wax before it hardens, he stores his stash in egg cartons. good fire starter. I use a propane torch now, im 53 yr single grandma and still split and pack my wood daily. just a bit easier starting with a torch, it is new to me and I like it a lot.
I use white pine cones. I just collect them in spring when they're fully opened. They about 6 or 7 inches long. I don't use any wax or lint. Just store them in cheap plastic garbage cans. They'll light with a single match.
@@woodspirit98 that sounds like a lot less work and I would consider that, but I don't think we have white pinecones here where I live. but I may go cone hunting in the spring and see what I can find :)