Ensuring that you’re correctly building and lighting fires in an open fireplace will help you to achieve more hot and successful fires. This step-by-step guide explains: How to build a …
18 Open Fireplace Tips To Help Improve Efficiency And Heat Output
1. Only Burn Dry Wood Many issues associated with poorly burning fireplaces can be the result of using wood that isn’t sufficient for burning, and so it’s important to only …
What Moisture Content Firewood Should Be (And How To Check)
An important aspect of having a fire in any type of fireplace, whether it’s an open fireplace or wood burning stove, is to ensure that the firewood is dry enough …
How To Remove A Fireplace Surround And Mantel
Removing the surround or mantel from an existing fireplace may be required during renovation works to the fireplace, to paint or treat it, to upgrade it to another surround or …
How Fireplaces Work
Open fireplaces have been integrated into homes across the world for hundreds of years for heating and cooking purposes. Fireplaces don’t have any mechanical, electrical or moving parts, and are …
19 Effective Wood Burning Stove Tips (That Actually Work)
1. Have The Flue Cleaned As And When Required The Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) states that the National Fire Protection Association recommends that you should have your chimney …
What Is A Fireplace?
Fireplaces have long been designed into homes and used to help provide heat to a room well before central heating systems were even a concept. Not all homes have fireplaces, …
UK Most Polluting Fuels Ban For Wood Stoves (What It Means For You)
The UK Government has confirmed that the sale of the most polluting fuels used in homes across the UK are to be banned within the next coupe of years to …
Where The Flue On A Wood Burning Stove Is Located (With Pictures)
The flue on a wood burning stove helps to remove waste gases and smoke from a stove out of your home. So where is the flue on a wood stove? …
Can A Wood Stove Be Too Big? (Or Even Too Small?)
Wood burning stoves help to increase the heat output from burning wood in your home, and in general the larger the stove the more heat can be generated. But can …