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How to use a wood burning fireplace

Using a fireplace does not have to be as difficult as you might think.  Once you start using your fireplace more often, you will find that there can be a lot of things that won’t quite work out the way you wanted.

You might find it hard to start a fire without it smoking or not providing you with as much heat as you may have hoped.  There are a number of items that need to be considered when having a fire in your fireplace and in particular the two things that are required to keep a fire going, which are fuel and oxygen.

Understanding what type of firewood, you should be using in your fires and how it can affect how well your fireplace burns, as well as understanding how air flows in and out of the fire, will help you to have more successful and hotter fires in your home.

The steps you will need to take before starting a fire in your fireplace are:

  • Starting a draft – open the flue
  • Building the fire
  • Lighting the fire
  • Keeping the fire going

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