Glad it was helpful!

You dont need a duraflame lol. For warmth you want real wood. But they're convenient for aesthetic

i’m literally in this same situation 😭 ft. lauderdale to dallas

@@joannaschwarck4571 about to move into my first house with a inside fireplace. Any tips if you've used yours yet??

Beware of nesting birds they leave the nests behind and can catch fire and drop to the fire box below or worse catch the build up in the chimney on fire

You're welcome!

It's nice to but it does cost more to burn duraflames than using a central heater.

Genius!!!

Here's the maths (rough): $3 for a log. Each log = 2.7kg Heat output = 2.7 x 4 = 10.8kWh of heating at 100% efficiency Stove inefficiency factor (old one like that you're lucky to get 60%, an open fireplace is only 25%!) - we'll say 75% efficient on a modern stove = 10.8kWh x 0.75 = 8.1kWh of heat. So at MOST you'd get around 8.1kWh of heating from that log (enough to heat an average living room for a few hours depending on many factors). Doing that 30x/month = very expensive to heat just one room for 2-3 hours! Bottom line: 1kWh of heat costs AT LEAST $0.37 with these logs (using a modern highly efficient stove). To contrast - natural gas = around $0.06 per kWh of heating....so these logs would cost 6 times as much as heating with gas lol. (these figures translated from UK sums etc so probably slightly off, especially the exact gas prices)

I think it's much cheaper and less of a hassle to just use solid fuel tablets lol.

@@paulstone7655 dang homie fr did all this only got 6 likes since no one else will ima congratulate you

In Girl Scouts we saved cardboard egg cartons and dryer lint or cotton balls then we melted bits from old candles in the egg cartons cups. Cut them into individual cups when the wax got hard we stored them in a plastic bag. When we wanted to start a fire we would light the cardboard and put some twigs over it. Easy peasy. Pine cones work well too

Regular wood is cheaper too.

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Great idea! Keeps the hands clean.

Glad you found it useful! Yeah.. reach way in there so the smoke has no where else to go but up and out. Works like a charm. Before doing this I would always get the house full of smoke and made me not want to use the fireplace.

Same

Glad you liked it!

=D =D Steam them only enough to get it hot. It might have been only a few minutes. Don't over cook them.

Thanks!

Wait overnight. It needs to be completely cold before closing or it still generates fumes.

The smoke it generates also bothers me a bit but then I rarely use these.

Certified p.i.m.p. He is Haha how often do you use the 🔥 place at home?

Good point, it's possible.

Glad it helped!

@@BeatTheBush I hear lot of different opinions on duraflame and the other brands of artificial wood. Is it safe for humans and safe for the chimney not to create the chemical that set chemineys on fire? I'm new to this. In fact this is my first cheminey 🙂

all great questions - I have had the same. So far, what I read somewhere is to always leave the glass part open when burning, but keep the metal curtain (or whatever it is called) closed. I would also keep an extinguisher close by just in case. I have yet to try my fireplace, but I plan on it SOON.

Thanks. So this allows air in from outside and less likely to cause smoke in the house? I just had a cabin built and had a little smoke come in before I noticed the handle on the left . I guess that should be open especially when starting the fire. You were the only one who mentioned that handle. Thanks.

@@josephfriday2661 Also don't use the exhaust fan in the kitchen. Using it will draw air / smoke from the fireplace. The chimney actually has two pipes going upward to the roofline. One pipe, the outer jacket, is for the air to be supplied to the fire and the other, the inner jacket is to exhaust the smoke. I usually get a paper shopping bag or a paper plate and roll it up tight. Light it and use it to warm the chimney directly under the flue. this way the cold air does not push down the warm air when starting the fire. I always burn oak. I researched the Boy Scouts and found good supply for a good price. You have to tell them what you want and ensure you get 20% of it as kindling to start the fire. I also ordered Fat Wood from LL Bean and this is the best to get the fire going. I never use more than 4 to start the fire.

@@hitchinrod Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.

@@hitchinrod thanks for the great advice, it’s appreciated.

For starting the kindling I use Fat Wood. I order it from LL Bean. I only use 6 pieces and no more. Very much worthwhile. I would never use Duraflame logs, pure poison.

1 at at time.

Thanks 😆

=D =D I don't eat crab leg all the time. That was the first and its so good I am looking to having it this year again.

Probably need to phase out log heating as it burns a bit dirty.

wood stove is the way to go, very efficient , I am burning 1 dura flame in mine tonight, only because it's been sitting in my yard for years and decided to get rid of it with my real wood, otherwise I only burn real wood and have never had to pay for it.

Well if you’re burning the plastic bag it’s going to cover the chimney with crap.

Thank you for watching!

Wire screen is to prevent things from falling in or wood that pops throwing ambers out.

Bur duraflames do not pop so I opted to leave it open.

@@BeatTheBush thank you 🙏

Not really. Some smoke from burning is expected.

FIRE.... retire early or... fire as in wood fire?