What, you don't want to use an accelerant to light a fire in a closed box inside your home?? I need to seriously rethink my technique. I'll bet his home heated up way faster than my silly newspaper and kindling method heats up mine.
I was thinking of emptying sternos and spreading the get on each log I load into a 600 temp stove.... good idea no?
I hope he is ok, as far as I'm concerned getting badly burned is one of the worst things that can happen to you.
Yeah...I agree. Last night I lost my balance and put my hand squarely on the hot stove. Blisters tell the story.
Hope he heals well. And you firecracker_77. I remember a few mistakes I have made over the years and looked back at them when they were over and thought....... WTF was I thinking. They were not with my wood stove, but I still could have ended up badly injured or dead a few times more than I like to admit.
One still has to wonder if anything was learned. Not only for this man but what about readers? Did the story help anyone or was it just something to fill the space in the paper. It is a wise man that learns from others mistakes but sadly, methinks there are not too many wise men left except for the so-called wiseacres (cleaned that one up!).
I resemble the last part Funny I was telling the wife how much safer I feel with the ashes stored in covered galvanized trash can on bricks located 20' away from the house. The bad fire in Ct. last winter in which 2 kids and their grandparents perished as a result of poorly disposed of hot ashes is still fresh in my mind.. Always be careful with your ashes people! Ray
Last Christmas I threw some of those egg crate type cardboard overpacks in my stove - it was kind of cooled down as it was a mild overnight bed of oak coals, probably didn't have real strong draft either. When those suckers gassed off I had a slight explosion...the TUUUFFFF sound and a puff of dust out around the blower area - backdraft from the normal air intakes. Lesson: No more cardboard on a bed of coals
I just load up the Browning 1919 with a few hundred links and shoot into the firebox until a spark catches.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/16398098/deadly-fire-caused-by-fireplace-embers Just to refresh everyone's memory.. Caused by careless disposal of hot ashes..
This time of year, many news stories about house fires. most of the time, it is obviously a chimney fire, or other fireplace mishap.
Makes me think of those starting gels they sell in the woodstove section at fleet type stores. Just doesn't seem like a good idea.
