How to start a wood Stove without it smoking? (My tips and Tricks)

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Watch as Trevor gives some tips on how to start a fire for your wood burning stove. Starting a fire for a wood stove can be challenging and you have the risk of smoking out your home. Watch as Trevor gives you some tips and we also gget some from our salesman, Randy! Be sure to leave a comment, like, and subscribe. Thanks for watching!
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@JenTucker333 Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this a few times and respect your professionalism and class. You’re methods are sound and I’ve just started my old wood stove in a home we just moved into for the first time and it worked beautifully. Thank you for posting. Have a wonderful season! (Not that I have to say it, but trolls are those who speak I’ll of others because they hate themselves).

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

ha that is right

@glenwiley Жыл бұрын

Great job, clear explanation. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together.

@mattconroy3357 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your Woodstove videos on my fourth burning year of a woodstove and I’ve learned a fair bit from you thank you

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help! More videos incoming 😁

@TheSuccessfulEmerald Жыл бұрын

Found this video after researching why the smoke wouldn't vent my insert and instead was coming back in the house. It was the second time we used our (Regency) insert, so I couldn't understand why it was doing that when it worked fine before. I think I figured it out by watching your video. Thanks for the great info!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@lindaconduct9942 Жыл бұрын

Excellent -thank you for your in-depth instructions, we were having such problems with smoking out the room now and again. This has explained so much. 👍

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

I'm glad our video helped!

@pobedapatsfan 9 ай бұрын

....Bro, ..ignore the hate-filled trolls, you got this. You're vids are a blessing to us all, now I feel bad busting on those man-capris in a previous.., so now I'm encouraging you, thanks for all these vids for sure!

@embersliving 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@karyngruber8853 Жыл бұрын

I just starting using my new heritage stove. My dealer recommended top down fire starting. And cracking the side door during lighting. I can’t believe how good the fire gets going with this method. Absolutely love the stove.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

awesome!

@JeepArmyUSA Жыл бұрын

Just got my Hearthstone gm80 and this helped a lot. I also like the way you give the viewers that hard love no nonsense commentary, very entertaining 😅 Keep up the vids

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

haha glad to help

@elaineewart6640 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I have a small new stove and reading the directions on my stove I wasn't sure how to do what it said. You covered it! Thank you Elaine

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@JoostHorward Жыл бұрын

Hi Trevor, Thank you so much! Your explanation of the chimney heating up made a huge difference for us! Greetings from The Netherlands 😀

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@stevenjohnson7348 Жыл бұрын

I've been burning wood for 45 years and I learned something from your video. Thank you.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@david-ze4wj 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Very informative. I now have complete confidence in using my camping wood stove to it's best. I had the problem of smoke leaking out and after your advice I no longer have the problem. Thankyou. Learnt things I never realised. UK

@embersliving 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@iamthefixr Жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry about the trolls. Your videos are great and they helped me A LOT when it came to figuring out my heating needs. I just had a Hearthstone Green Mountain 60 professionally installed and have been working on figuring how best to start and run it. Like many, my first burn was a smoke out due to the reasons you mention. Also, like many, I’m used to non-efficient, non-EPA approved stoves that are comparatively easier to light. What I’ve found works for me is the combination of: 1) Kill my overhead fan. 2) Slightly open a window in the room with the stove. 3) Open the air on the stove fully. 4) Build a log cabin style kindling structure - stacking the kindling as high as possible in the firebox. 5) Light 2 to 3 sticks of fatwood and place them in the middle of the log cabin kindling structure. 6) Leave the firebox door cracked until all of the kindling is lit and there are some coals starting to build. At this point I close the window to the outside and start back up my overhead fan. 7) Close the firebox door and let more coals build and let the wood burn down until there is a good bed of coals. 8) Add more wood. Smaller stuff initially. 9) Once in the catalytic zone, turn off the catalyst bypass. 10) Add more wood and start to dial down the air intake. Keep up the great work and please keep making these videos. Trust me, the trolls are jealous.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

wow thanks for the great feedback

@sonialila7880 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am thinking of getting one but am scared of fires and don’t know anything about starting a fire. So this was really comforting.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

great to help!

@josei.garrigo5660 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your video. I learned a lot on how to more efficiently light my new stove (I'm brand new to this). Very grateful to you.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem at all! Thanks for watching. More stove videos incoming.

@ann-mariesutherby-fields8353 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Very helpful and much appreciated!! I needed clarification on the airflow adjustment process and it makes sense now!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem at all. We talk a little bit more about air flow in our how to prepare to install a wood stove video if you want to learn more. thanks for watching!

@cszcinderella Жыл бұрын

Trevor, this is the best video I’ve seen on the entire Internet you explain it absolutely perfect but I have to tell you after having had the Hearthstone Heritage’s regular. I’m so sorry that I got the catalytic converter but thank you so much for your video. I watched it at least 25 times.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

wow thats awesome! So glad to help.

@dellalovelace893 Жыл бұрын

Very educational. Thank you. Getting ready to buy my first ever wood insert. This is so helpful.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@carmelarustico 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this info! We just bought a house with a wood stove and struggle to get it going. We've been using old flyers but all it does is smoke the house out. We'll be picking up some fire starter and hopefully that helps.

@embersliving 9 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@tommieblomqvist4822 Жыл бұрын

Great channel! I experience the top to bottom style. I have a long chimney made out of bricks, so when its cold outside I have a huge mass of very cold bricks. And I can build fires that lasts a very long time using that method.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Thats a good method!

@CharcoalDaddyBBQ Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Your videos have inspired me to get a wood stove next spring!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

nice!

@nathaliegavaldon7920 Жыл бұрын

Our new house has an antique silver oak cast iron wood stove. Have only started it twice with some obvious errors. Thank you for this video! Hope these help us not smoke out our house again 😆

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

I'm glad we could help! We will be working our stove more this winter creating more vidoes. Have a great burn season 😁

@THE-TEDDY-BEAR-PODCAST Жыл бұрын

I had my stove fitted in June 2022.I’ve just sussed out how to get it burning properly and efficiently and it’s now 1st October.it’s definitely a trial and effor situation and it’s not just a case of throw wood in light it and off you go..totally the opposite..my stove has a tertiary air control and I just left it on full ..disaster…now I’ve worked out the air settings it’s running like a dream..the glass is now crystal clear all night long and the flames look like you see in the movies 🤣..thanks for your tips and help mate and just ignore those trolls..they are just sad individuals with naff all better to do…take care mate..Richie uk

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

I hope our tips helped you out! Thanks for watching .

@69telecasterplayer Жыл бұрын

Excellent info! I like the way you build a fire. One thing though I would point out is that excess air (in the beginning with the door open) also cools the box. Therefore pinching off the air inlet with the door cracked reducing that excess air cooling effect and gets closer to "stoichiometric ratio" where you have just the right amount of O2 for combustion. That is where you get maximum heat. But also during that first phase of reducing air flow with the door pinched is where the chimney can also get very very hot and in some cases can lead to a chimney fire. I have seen it and it can be scary. That is when I learned my lesson of leaving the door cracked almost closed too long. You guys are great. Wish I had this info when I first started using my cast iron stove about 40 years ago.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Woah thats crazy how that happened! thanks for watching.

@pureblood3127 7 ай бұрын

You have a really poor attitude , I was over looking it until the comment about guys in the hills , You seem to have a very childish preconceived idea that people who don't live in the city /town are ignorant . I will be blocking your channel and hope to never see you again .

@falfield 7 ай бұрын

Bravo for mentioning stoichiometrics! It's good to have some understanding of scientific principles to underpin things - it's much more satisfying to be able to explain WHY something works rather than having to fall back - as most do - on folk-lore "I've done it a hundred times - it just works this way". Something everyone is agreed on is that the aim for a newly-lit fire is to get it hot (for combustion efficiency and reduced pollution) as soon as reasonably possible, and to do this, getting the firebox and even moreso the flue warm is vital. But few realise that the cooling effect of a huge rush of (relatively cold) room air through an open fire door will counterbalance the minimal heat rising from a tiny just-lit fire. So it is better in the first minute or two to match the supply to the small initial requirements, so that the first couple of pieces of kindling alight deliver their heat to other neighbouring kindling/small wood, rather than have it torn up into a cavernous chimney where it will have negligible useful effect. As more small pieces of wood catch, so the air requirement increases, and the increased volume of wood alight sets in motion a second process that profoundly affects the air requirement: rising temperature of the fuel (not yet the firebox). As wood is heated, it gives off volatile chemicals - it is these burning which gives the flame for all of the early part of the burn of a fuel charge. And these volatiles come off in a huge rush from softwood shortly after it catches fire - giving an early, high and also short-lived peak in air requirement - which is the reason why inattentive or ignorant stove users who miss this get blackened glass and chimney deposition at this stage of a burn. I suspect that in this is the reason why it appears empirically to be better (in an area burning all softwoods) to leave the stove door wide open - you don't miss the peak of air demand.

@rbb2292 5 ай бұрын

We often leave our woodstove door cracked to help a lagging fire and wondering if I understood your post correctly. Is leaving the door cracked dangerous? Or is it that you shouldn’t leave it cracked open for longer than a certain amount of time or after the fire has achieved a certain temperature? Thanks for your post and curious to know more.

@69telecasterplayer 5 ай бұрын

I have a new Vermont Casting Dauntless and I always leave the doors cracked open when starting my fire. My old cast iron fireplace could be loaded from the front and side and was designed to operate fully closed or with the front doors fully open with a screen. My experience with the old one that got me into trouble was when I left the side door cracked too long and made the stove pipe get way to hot. Have not had the problem with the Dauntless yet. @@rbb2292

@claireleung5716 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. Just when I’m trying to understand why my log burner blew back so much smoke in room. Very useful advises, watching from 🇬🇧.👍

@embersliving 6 ай бұрын

Glad to help! We appreciate the support.

@shannonsherman4528 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos! So informative and genuine. Thank you for being yourself and not sounding like a 30-minute infomercial! Wish you had a store in Ohio. Would love to see a video on where to locate a stove in a raised ranch with stove on 1st floor and hopefully heating both levels. God bless!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@stefanlapuste8489 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video bro. I've learned what my mistakes were and corrected them because of your video.

@embersliving 6 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@richnessofexperience Жыл бұрын

Many thanks! This video was a huge help. I've never had a wood stove, but I do now in my treehouse outside of Seattle. I was being too impatient and not waiting for the fire box to get hot enough.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

glad to help!

@fuseor Жыл бұрын

thanks, I feel like I've visited your store, and it's wonderful to hear your experience. It helps give me the confidence to replace the wood burner the previous owner removed. Subscribing from the northeast and gonna look for those bbq videos.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks so much!

@angiedaoust Жыл бұрын

It's nice to have different ways to do things, stubborn people don't get that! Not all stove works the same, just like most things. Great video!👍🏻

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thank you Angie

@andrewwomble2722 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I just installed a wood stove to help offset my heating oil bills and I'm a total newbie at this. Sorry about the trolls, they are unhappy people that want to make others feel like they do. Misery loves company as the old saying goes.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@get2zero 7 ай бұрын

Nice video. Smokeless starting. It may sound weird but I use a small metal tray with 6 - 8 tea light candles. I get them all lit and put it in the stove/insert. IN about 5 minutes, the cold downdraft is gone, there was no smoke (tea lights are smokeless) and so I pull out the tray, blow out the candles and then build my fire.

@embersliving 7 ай бұрын

Nice! If it works it works!! Thanks for watching.

@NTHunt Жыл бұрын

Im going to tell you in a very mean way... YOU DID A GREAT JOB! Thanks!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@l.c.9596 9 ай бұрын

Very nice video, thank you so much and I'm looking forward to more videos like this

@embersliving 9 ай бұрын

We should have a few more we also have a playlist full of wood stove videos

@jeffreycarter3066 Жыл бұрын

Excellent vids. Very informative. Thank you!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for the comment.

@chrislanthron6670 7 ай бұрын

Great information, thank you

@embersliving 7 ай бұрын

Thanks

@driedjello Жыл бұрын

I've been doing the top-down burn and as counterintuitive as it seems, it works out much, much better for me.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

nice!

@marklovell2933 Жыл бұрын

Great tips. Made me think about the way that I light my stove.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Do you agree with our way? How do you light yours?

@dipstick5869 Жыл бұрын

When I first used my Original Vermont Castings stove 40 years ago I had a problem getting it to draft very well. I have 18ft of single wall and 8ft. of triple wall piping, so I should have excellent draft. I built my home very airtight and that was my problem, I just cracked the nearest window to my stove and the draft was immediate. I later installed an air intake pipe to the back of the stove to the outside of the house. The original Vermont Castings air tight Dutchwest stoves came with this small removable plate on the back of the stove for this purpose.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Nice! Great info.

@danielleterry2331 Жыл бұрын

You got yours when they were still affordable 😁 waiting for the 3 guys I had to hire to help me get my woodstove up 6 stairs into my home and hook it up for me so my hearth is just sitting here , the imperial heat shields I got for a steal had the backing damaged so I added 1/2 durock now my screws for the spacer kit are to short lol geez if it isn’t one thing it’s another but getting those up this week praying these guys will be able to come and install for me and it not be raining but sunshine.

@Jaguarspaw5 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info it helps a lot. I want to put one in my two car garage for when I work on my projects

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

nice!

@NY51663 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your help. Just got a wood burning insert two days ago.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

@seanohara1387 Жыл бұрын

Great video man!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@woodfiresmoke1267 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos and the fact that you don’t handle stupid very well. Please keep them coming! Great information and love how you go into the why, of how your products work. Wish you guys would open a location in the Chattanooga area.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@edmondwright5589 Жыл бұрын

Awesome information! Thank you sir.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@fatherchristmas2998 9 ай бұрын

Very good review.

@embersliving 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@davekauffman8727 Жыл бұрын

Have you tried an "upside down" fire? I saw some video with that in the caption, and I was intrigued. Put the big wood on the bottom like your friend said, but with smaller wood and then kindling on top. The fire lights fast, and grows hotter as embers fall into the bigger wood. 🙂

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Nice thats a good idea. We will have to try it weve been firing up that hearthstone a lot this winter.

@CentralPlainsEnt Жыл бұрын

Hearthstone has a video out on the top down fire starting method. I am finally going to get a woodstove installed this year so I will have it for the fall and Winter. It is a hearthstone but the small model I have read the manual and will be excited to learn about starting fires. In order to keep my homeowners insurance I have to have a certified installer put the stove in. He said that my house is tight and requires the installation of the outside air kit. It will be interesting to see if it has any effect on how the fires start in the stove. I was thinking about opening the door fully and having a politician come and talk into the stove because I figured that that would be enough hot air to warm up the entire chimney and maybe the whole neighborhood. 🙂

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

😂

@markwilliams7054 6 ай бұрын

Thank you - really interesting insight

@embersliving 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@1980Elplacerdeviajar 8 ай бұрын

Hello Friend , this video is by far the most explanatory one I have found so far .. we live in Connecticut.. and I hace a single wall liner for our insert fireplace .. big one .. last year I install everything ( I am a carpenter ) very meticulous I took my time .. but last year our first fire smoke a lot inside , I believed I didn’t give it time for the liner to warm up properly so the down draft was bad smoke the whole house I remove the wood from inside and didn’t use it anymore .. so now after watching your video I start a small fire with the small pieces of hardwood to give the exhaust pipe ( liner ) to warm up properly before using the big ones .. hope it works .. any thoughts ? .. thank you

@zm7094 9 ай бұрын

Great video! It was super helpful.

@embersliving 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kimchianthony 8 ай бұрын

Dude! Thanks for the video! we have that eggsact stove! LOVE IT. One question: what's the technique to maximize the burn time to log quantity/type to avoid from getting it too hot? ours run a bit too hot with the catalytic burn going after a bit...does it eventually lower the temp when the wood burn out, or should we worry about the too hot burn and never let it get there?

@lenbandala5882 Жыл бұрын

Trevor, thank you for the video. I recently had a Shelburne stove installed and expected that I could light and close the door and sit back. Wrong! House smelled like a sausage factory! It is amazing how a cold flue just stops the smoke from rising. I should have watched your video first. Now when I take my time lighting it up, much as you presented, it is so much more enjoyable and less smokey in the house. I am looking forward to keeping the firebox going 24/7 this winter. The upside will be fewer cold flue start-ups. How much of the ash should you remove from the firebox when using the stove in a more or less continuous manner? Obviously, you need to put the ash/coals in a metal container and remove them from the house to the outside away from flammables. Your video should be required for ALL new stove owners. Your explanation of the pitfalls was superb. Ignore the trolls. They think that their way is the ONLY way.....and of course, they must be correct, because I saw it on the internet, right?! NOT!!!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@jamesppeto Жыл бұрын

Great video, very helpful 👍🏼

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@vetteconnoisseur9531 Жыл бұрын

I use a similar method as you, making a teepee with bunched newspaper and /or newspaper & cardboard beneath. Before i ignite the combustibles below, i roll a bunch of newspaper sheets into a cone...flaired at the end. I'll place that on top towards the back of the flue and ignite that 1st before lighting the bottom layer. That 'cone' throws alot of heat and gets the draft going pretty quick... After that I'll close the door leaving a 1/4" or so gap. I've never had smoke or a burning smell in my home using this method...even in below zero days

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Nice! That sounds liek a great way to get the stove going!

@kellybeaudot1493 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really enjoyed your informative video.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@JosueUSMC Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for keeping it real man. I respect the stoicism.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

@Recoheat Жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm surprised you're not using the upside down fire: it does usually work to avoid pushing a cold plug up the flue, and also has the advantage that you don't have to open the door until the logs have burned down, rather than just kindling - so you maintain the heat in that initial period. But each to his own - you know what you get on with best!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Good tip!

@judyofthewoods 8 ай бұрын

Once I discovered the upside down method I never looked back. A variation on it with a V gap on top in the middle filled with tinder/kindling can work even better.

@danielleterry2331 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am suppose to receive my first stove next week it will be my first wood stove, I was curious can I use the double insulated pipe from stove to chimney cap? I live in a mobile home and ordered the mobile home install kit but it doesn’t come with pipes and I want to make sure I am doing it right.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

no you need packed pipe once you get to the ceiling

@philippebernier8767 Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks 🇨🇦

@SuperFlaGal Жыл бұрын

Great information!! Thank you.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching.

@yvesadelbrecht8913 12 күн бұрын

Great video. Thank you

@embersliving 6 күн бұрын

Glad it helped!

@chancecgbdingle5438 Жыл бұрын

Definitely top down. I never would of believed it until I tried it. Never looked back.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

cool

@PamBurgess-hn9ik 6 ай бұрын

Hello I am not a troll😊 I enjoy your videos. I am learning something watching your videos. I am fairly new at woodstoves. Thank you for the videos.

@embersliving 6 ай бұрын

Glad to help we appreciate the nice comment 😁

@grantwilson257 11 ай бұрын

Great video Dude. Good luck and thank you.

@embersliving 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting.

@Stewart7516 8 ай бұрын

Great video thanks fornthw simple explanation.

@embersliving 8 ай бұрын

No problem!

@helihoot 6 ай бұрын

Well first off.... excellent job. You know what you are doing. The house we sold in SE PA I installed the big momma Hearthstone Equinox soapstone stove. Such a beautiful stove. Had a custom solid black granite hearth pad made. The biggest issue I had with it was the air control binding. I took it apart and did the cleaning but always came back. You had to learn how to jiggle it to get it to unjamb. Wondering if they ever fixed the issue cause I know they had a bulletin on it. What brand treadmill do you eat your BBQ on? LOL

@embersliving 3 ай бұрын

Haha

@irishred4202 Жыл бұрын

I have a Hearthstone Castleton and what is the best way to conduct the break-in fires? The store told me 7 small fires and the manufacturer states 3 fires maxing out at different temperatures? Also should I have a thermostat on my stove and where should it be?

@johnridgeway6718 8 ай бұрын

A very good explanation. Thank you

@embersliving 8 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@gdfggggg Жыл бұрын

If it works for you bro and you’re happy then do it some more 👍🏻 I’m in the uk and have just installed my own stove. Your tips will come in useful.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@Redstagwsmnp Жыл бұрын

Great info Thanks again

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

no problem!!

@cemRecete Жыл бұрын

thanks for the video. I do not know how to use the air control. When do you keep it on and when to turn it off? Any advice?

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

for this particular stove

@cemRecete Жыл бұрын

@@embersliving when it is windy outside, starting the fire is also more difficult. Should I do something with the air controller then?

@sergelemee5507 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Great explanations. Good job.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@gillesbourbonnais4805 7 ай бұрын

What I use is à small propaln tank we use for welding and warm up the pipe. Gilles from Québec Canada

@embersliving 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@onthedry8386 Жыл бұрын

great video.. my question is my glass has got a bit cloudy cant clean it,,, i know nothing about stoves the one i have is a small multi stove thanks....

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

most have a built in air wash system that cleans the glass as it heats up

@elkeschmitt623 Жыл бұрын

We have experimented with different methods =there is not one size fits all. Thank you for sharing some of your technique.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@project-overland Жыл бұрын

Really nice video. Thank you!

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@marieinlex Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is great information

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@the-bu3lb 8 ай бұрын

Does this stove your lighting also have the re burn with the baffle along with the cat

@robertdeck9891 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Ty

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@dorian3260 Жыл бұрын

I add a few corn chips to the kindling and it works great. Learned it from watching The Big Bang Theory!

@rbb2292 5 ай бұрын

Great tips, thanks!👍 We have a Hearthstone Castleton and this is our 2nd season with it. (Previously we had a pellet stove and before that, a Vermont Castings insert). Last night, after the stove was cold for a week as it had been warm, we decided to start a fire. We have a small issue with draft bc the pipe (about 15’) exhausts through a family room roof that is lower than the hip roof of the main house. Once the stove is hot, we don’t tend to have any problem, but the house filled with smoke last night when trying to get it started. Because the stove’s airflow opening is just behind the door, smoke tends to come out the door into the room as soon as the paper is lit. Do you have any tips to work around that? I’m guessing you’re familiar with a Castleton and maybe know what we’re dealing with. TIA🙏

@embersliving 4 ай бұрын

Hmm do you start a large fire or small fire

@kendrajensen284 Жыл бұрын

What was the type of fire starter you used? Wish I would have watched this before starting a fire in our new insert. Now I know for next time :)

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

just fire squares from ace

@annehamptondewitt4413 Жыл бұрын

Have you done a top five wood stove inserts?

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

its posting in a week or so!

@jasonwulff8341 Жыл бұрын

Good video

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@elkeschmitt623 Жыл бұрын

We bought this house with a fireplace=but it has an insert. Is an insert more efficient or less, it just feels like there really isn't enough heat coming from it with the door closed. Can the insert be removed? Thanks.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

yes

@donbeaubien2372 3 ай бұрын

What is the elbow on the side? I have a pipe plug on the rear of my stove.its a earth stove

@ashtonandersonJesus 8 ай бұрын

White smoke comes out in the early morning fills the living room up I put in kindling and paper towels and it comes out of the door got any tips ?

@wideawake333 Жыл бұрын

The Heritage that you are demoing on, that is very close to the walls on all sides. Are setbacks and wall heatshields per each individual stove or is that a local state or township requirement? I know in PA we needed to have it X amount of feet from a wall, ceramic underneath the stove, etc.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

its too close in our store, but our store is all steel studs and concrete board, so the clearances would not apply

@wideawake333 Жыл бұрын

@@embersliving so would that be an option on an install?

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

@@wideawake333 if you could pull the same thing off possibly. I woud hire a professional installer and have them look at hwere ever you want to put it to confirm

@OkieSilverDude 4 ай бұрын

like a boss. thanks.

@embersliving 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@deecee6355 Жыл бұрын

I live in sweden and here the installers rec to never touch the control for incoming air to the stove, not the start up control which you close after the logs are burning but the secondary intake who runs all the way Always maximal air all the way to prevent the chimney fire and soot How's your opinion about that?

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

true the hotter the cleaner usually

@deecee6355 Жыл бұрын

@@embersliving Yes And for regulation of the power in kw is controlled by the weight of the loggs. example my stove have a capacity of aprox.8 kw with maximum 3 kg of loggs each hour If I don't want so much heat i turn in 2 kg loggs for less power but the intake vent is always maximum No tar in the canals clean burn no black window every morning when I look in to the stove it looks brand new, that's the measurement of clean burn

@Ketis1985 3 ай бұрын

I prefer to burn hardwood/softwood combo because burning hardwood only is very tough for firepit because it burns so hot.

@embersliving 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ugandanknuckles3900 7 ай бұрын

You know what's funny. I learned this all by myself, and it was a pain in the ass.

@embersliving 7 ай бұрын

Haha im sure! Thanks for watching!

@kiril1637 Жыл бұрын

thanks for help

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

No problem !

@midwestgrown 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@embersliving 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@CoHamGuy Жыл бұрын

Very nice, thank you from Ft Collins

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@petero8847 2 ай бұрын

Guys try the Top Down lighting approach. Counterintuitive but works amazingly well and is so easy you’ll kick yourself you didn’t try it before. A MUST TRY. => Layer big / big medium logs on bottom (split side up). Then layer medium/ smaller wood on top of this. Small bunch of kindling on top. Place lighter under kindling. Now light and walk away for 5-10 mins. I don’t even leave the burner door open to start. Presto! Version 2 Place later of softwood medium on bottom, then large hardwood log on top of this on one side. Kndling on top of the medium. Light as before. Important to have enough medium to create hot embers to ignite large logs sideways

@embersliving 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

@gloomytrader Жыл бұрын

your buddy has the method nailed which is also preferred by the EPA.

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Yeah randy is a pro

@jasonricketts2234 Жыл бұрын

Hi are you not worried about temperature on stove pipe I feel the way you started my stove pipe would be well over 500

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

no not really worried about it. I will check it next time we start it up. our pipe is also double piped.

@ovlasburning6605 Жыл бұрын

Bravo... bel video...

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ovlas

@GardengateDreamer Жыл бұрын

Here in the eastern states (Pennsylvania) we are told not to burn pine due to the cresode build up in the glue, and we should just burn hardwoods. Are we being misled?

@embersliving Жыл бұрын

@GardengateDreamer Жыл бұрын

@@embersliving how often if it's a choice, can pine be burned while burning hardwood, without the worry of build up?