Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

I have the real one but I am not a good fire keeper. I have to keep poking it to keep it going and that hurts my back .Then I need to wait til it goes out before I can go to bed and my sense of timing sucks as well.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have the real one but I am not a good fire keeper. I have to keep poking it to keep it going and that hurts my back .Then I need to wait til it goes out before I can go to bed and my sense of timing sucks as well.

So put a chair in front of the fire. Sit and poke.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have the real one but I am not a good fire keeper. I have to keep poking it to keep it going and that hurts my back .Then I need to wait til it goes out before I can go to bed and my sense of timing sucks as well.

Goes out?! We put a big log on before we go to bed, called a "keeper," so it will stay hot all night. Shut the draft down so it burns low and slow. In the morning throw a couple of new logs on and it will catch right up, so you don't have to start a new fire from scratch. We keep the same fire going pretty much all winter.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Dont the smoke come in the house Blue ?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I have had the logs pop and crack and pieces come out on the carpet.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Dont the smoke come in the house Blue ?

We have a wood stove insert with a door that shuts, that is installed in the fireplace. The smoke goes up the chimney.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have had the logs pop and crack and pieces come out on the carpet.

Ugh, last year the wood I bought had a lot of hickory, that stuff pops and snaps when you open the doors to add wood, I don't like it at all! I bought from a different supplier this year.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, right now that little stove has it 80°F in here. I may have to open a door to cool it off.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

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You keep the door shut and get heat ? You have a lot of bricks. I have one layer. Do you use the fan ? Mine is very loud. I dont use it. I like that.