Comments on: Wood chopping and woodburning stoves http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jan http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/comment-page-1/#comment-15560 Jan Sun, 10 May 2009 10:13:55 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/#comment-15560 Globus the trick is to prepare the fire then shut the door. That normally works. No seriously what I mean is prepare the wood and tinder then shut the door for about 30 mins. This means that the backdraft which you had created when laying out your wood and paper isn't still pouring down the chimney into your room. By leaving it for 30 mins, you allow the chimney flow to head back up. The rough science behind this is that the heavy cold air fell out of your chimney and created a form of convection. This gets worse and worse the longer you leave the door open. Even after you start the fire, the cold air still pushes the fire backwards generally blowing out all but the most determined paper fire and pushing the smoke backwards down the air inlets. There is nothing wrong with your woodburner, and the only solution is to open some windows (which you probably want to do anyway) and stabalise the temperature, also by stuffing large amounts of crinkled up newspaper you can get the fire burning fast and force the air to change direction. When lighting the fire in some cold places, I have seen lots of people just light a whole wood burner stuffed with nothing but balls of paper, Full to the brim so that you can hardly close the door. This heats the chimney and makes lighting the rest of the fire much easier. Globus the trick is to prepare the fire then shut the door.

That normally works.

No seriously what I mean is prepare the wood and tinder then shut the door for about 30 mins. This means that the backdraft which you had created when laying out your wood and paper isn’t still pouring down the chimney into your room. By leaving it for 30 mins, you allow the chimney flow to head back up.

The rough science behind this is that the heavy cold air fell out of your chimney and created a form of convection. This gets worse and worse the longer you leave the door open. Even after you start the fire, the cold air still pushes the fire backwards generally blowing out all but the most determined paper fire and pushing the smoke backwards down the air inlets. There is nothing wrong with your woodburner, and the only solution is to open some windows (which you probably want to do anyway) and stabalise the temperature, also by stuffing large amounts of crinkled up newspaper you can get the fire burning fast and force the air to change direction. When lighting the fire in some cold places, I have seen lots of people just light a whole wood burner stuffed with nothing but balls of paper, Full to the brim so that you can hardly close the door. This heats the chimney and makes lighting the rest of the fire much easier.

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/comment-page-1/#comment-14729 Boris Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:32:24 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/#comment-14729 Err no! We have three stoves (one in our own barn conversion and others in our two gites) and they all manage not to fill the room with smoke. Perhaps you have a faulty seal? Or if its only when you open the door perhaps the wood isn't dry enough so the stove isn't getting hot enough? Err no!
We have three stoves (one in our own barn conversion and others in our two gites) and they all manage not to fill the room with smoke.
Perhaps you have a faulty seal?
Or if its only when you open the door perhaps the wood isn’t dry enough so the stove isn’t getting hot enough?

]]> By: Globus http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/comment-page-1/#comment-14727 Globus Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/#comment-14727 globus lives in the north and has a wood burner which spews smoke into the room each time he fills it. do all stoves do that? globus lives in the north and has a wood burner which spews smoke into the room each time he fills it. do all stoves do that?

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/comment-page-1/#comment-11480 Boris Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/#comment-11480 Oh I know, 8 euros last time I saw (and a couple of files to do it myself will probably cost 20 euros), but it's the principle - if the locals are doing their own then I feel as if I should as well. Or at least, I should give the impression that I am interested! Although I don't have the same principle when it comes to mending cars or much else. But thinking about it I could easily take it to a store a few kilometres away where no-one will recognise me and get it done there in secret... Oh I know, 8 euros last time I saw (and a couple of files to do it myself will probably cost 20 euros), but it’s the principle – if the locals are doing their own then I feel as if I should as well. Or at least, I should give the impression that I am interested!
Although I don’t have the same principle when it comes to mending cars or much else.
But thinking about it I could easily take it to a store a few kilometres away where no-one will recognise me and get it done there in secret…

]]> By: Jacqui U http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/comment-page-1/#comment-11478 Jacqui U Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:25:52 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/wood-chopping-and-woodburning-stoves/2007/10/#comment-11478 This sounds oh so familiar! For my husband though rather than me of course! The first year here, he too took 'lessons' from a neighbour and sharpened the chainsaw himself. It was not until the next year that he found out just how cheap it is to get it done down the road at Bricomarché! It ruined his winter..... Jacqui This sounds oh so familiar! For my husband though rather than me of course!

The first year here, he too took ‘lessons’ from a neighbour and sharpened the chainsaw himself.

It was not until the next year that he found out just how cheap it is to get it done down the road at Bricomarché!

It ruined his winter…..

Jacqui

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