How Do You Use A Wood Stove Safely?
If you are heating with wood this winter, you’ll need to take steps to make your wood stove as safe as you possibly can. Wood stove safety is very important in order to protect your family from Carbon Monoxide poisoning, burns, and fire. Clean the chimney once a season. You’ll need to clean the chimney every fall before you start burning wood. Use a chimney brush or hire a professional to remove the built up creosote on the inner chimney walls. Empty the ashes. Clean out the ash tray and ashes in the wood box whenever they are full. You can dump these in your compost pile or garden. Buy fire extinguishers and chimney fire extinguisher sticks. Fire extinguishers are your first line of defense against a home fire. Use chimney fire extinguisher sticks if you have a fire in your stove-pipe. Store both of these items in close range (but not too close) to the wood stove. Buy a carbon monoxide detector and test it once a week. You need to have at least one working Co2 detector in a home with
