Best Way to Build A Fire in a Fireplace?
Gathering around a cheerful blaze and staring into it’s fiery depths–that’s something that people from all walks of life can appreciate. It calls one back to an earlier time, when early humans huddled around fires for warmth and protection from animal predators. One can feel some of the same effects of security today relaxing by the warmth of a fire in the fireplace. Although there are some differences between making a fire in a traditional fireplace and a wood burning stove, this set of instructions is for a traditional fireplace, and will add notes for wood burning stoves as needed. A fire constructed with perfect form and bone-dry materials will still fizzle out if you don’t understand the role of the flue. The flue is the channel inside the chimney or stovepipe that circulates air and creates a draft, thus feeding the necessary oxygen to the fire. The flue is kind of a valve or doorway that opens or shuts off the air flow though the chimney, known as the damper. A handle opens and
