My dad had a similar issue with a wood stove that he has in his basement, he found that if he cracked open a window until the draft started that he wouldn't have any issues. Your customer service is great and I'm sure the customer appreciated the help with figuring out their issue.
👍Great video. Full of knowledge and good advice when it comes to customer service and firewood identification. I remember watching those older videos, when the customer thought the firewood was the problem. Like you, I have found that having a conversation with folks trying to figure out what the issue is, shows them you care. It also shows you are willing to solve their problem for them. They will remember that in the future.👍
Great information! I continue to learn over the years from you. I really appreciate your videos. I laughed out load recently when I was tossing wood in my 30 year old F150, I threw them in with a back spin as you suggested and it works😂 I had recently broke my back window for the first time in my life. So many firewood myths have been cleared up from you as well - keep the videos going 🥳👍
Great video Chris! I've had that same thing happen when a guest was here and left the bathroom fan running. Our house is really tight so any exhaust fan running will pull the smoke back down the chimney. We usually have to leave a window cracked. Have a great day!
I remember those videos!! They helped me with a customer not being able to burn my wood. His flue was closed, not tightly, but almost. Thanks for helping us!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Had a similar problem in our house. I talked to the stove manufacturer and found the stove had an outside air option. I bought the adapter and ran pipe to the outside of the house. Game changer! It not only solved the draft issue in a tight house but it stopped the stove from pulling in cold air around the windows and doors with positive pressure inside the house. Also dryers and stove vents no longer affect the wood stove because it isn't using house air. I highly recommend using the outside air option whenever possible on wood stoves. I also installed a small box fan in the outside air line to get a super draft to use when starting the fire. Makes starting a fire fast and easy.
I love your videos! I'm becoming that guy in the Firewood Universe in my local area because of your education, encouragement to work hard and learn. I also love being in my woodyard. Best job I've ever had! Thanks Chris and I really mean that. Keep posting!!! Brycat Firewood!
I think I have only experienced down drafting once or twice in my 30 years of using wood as a supplemental heat source. Your spot on with your comments about proper draw from the inside of the house,
Customers with that kind of draft issue, in an air tight house, need an OAK....aka outside air kit. It's a known variable to those that know. Good story, Chris.
I’m glad you revisited a fairly common problem with draft. Everyone needs to keep these things in mind. Thanks for bringing it up , reminders are good. Have a great day.
I remember it, that man will never forget the hassle you went through to fix his problems,the name of the game,and he' probably tells everyone.lol, thanks again chris
I have both a wood stove and a wood cook stove in my cabin. If i start one, then try starting a fire in the other one smoke will billow out of it into the room. I have to either start both at the same time or open the front door of the cabin until the second chimney starts to draw.
Chris great two-fer video: how to start a fire AND wood ID. My two-cents on what I do (and I live in a very tight house with fresh air intake on the fireplace ). I start by building an “ upside down fire” with kindling on top of the stack. I prime the flue before igniting the kindling by making a paper torch out of a big piece of newspaper. I start the paper torch and hold it up into the flue to warm it up. Then I start the kindling which burns quick and hot, further warming up the flue creating a good draft. Also, although I have the fresh air intake, it’s not enough, so I crack a window near the fireplace.
I remember those videos. Any type of indoor exhaust fan can cause down drafts in propane, oil or wood heating as appliances that are vented by a natural draft flue. Seen a lot of those troubles when I was in the propane service business. A down draft happened in my own house which is not an air tight build. Caused by the clothes dryer. 👍🏻👍🏻
Been burning wood for 20 years. Currently have my stove going on day 6 in a row. Lows are around 22-25 degrees at night and highs around 30-32. A good practice is to have a window or two open at all times. I have double hung windows, I have one top sash open about 3" closest to the stove (to exhaust) warm air. I also have one bottom sash open adjacent to the stove about 3" to have fresh air always circulating. With the fresh air, and a humidifier I maintain an enjoyable warm heat with around 35-40% moisture.
After my Dad passed away years ago, my step Mom kept having trouble getting the wood stove in the basement to draw when she started a fire. Come to find out, she remembered Dad opening a window a bit in the basement until things in the stove got going. Sometimes, the house was a bit negative pressure inside. All it needed was a chance to balance air pressure between inside and out.
I used to sell and install wood stoves and would sometimes run into this problem. New homes are extremely airtight and it’s common to have this problem. Many stoves can be installed to get air from outside the house so by cutting a 4” hole under the base of the stove and using a piece of flexible hose (like dryer hose) with a screen on the bottom to prevent rodents from entering and directly connected to the stove then you have an independent air source and it sounds like the problem your customer was having could have solved using this method. I have been watching your videos for a long, long time Chris and you’re the first utube r I seek out every morning.
Chris years ago I worked in the trades as an electrician and I seen a lot of houses built with what’s called air to air , it’s a 2 inch or 3 inch pipe that brought outside air into the mechanical room. With out it the furnace would go out and the gas water heater and the gas cook stove.
No worries! All wood burns! There are a lot of other wood kinds that are better for heat! Maybe not in you area though....around here there are a bunch of better wood for BTU heat output. Black locust, shag bark hickory, mulberry, apple wood, iron wood (horn beam) , blue beech, honey locust, thorn apple, bitternut...
I install wood chimneys for a living . The house is in a negative pressure . Mechanically exhausting appliances will over power natural draft . Fresh air intake helps but doesn’t solve it. New homes reek havoc on wood burners. Old homes breath .
Good advice video Chris. Lots of 1960’s-1970’s houses built with beautiful fireplaces had them blocked off later and replaced with fake inserts for that reason I suspect (mother in law’s house). I identify with all the wood types except the snob wood. GNI
Awesome bundle of kindling. Those should last forever. I love how bark comes off maple great kindling. My opinion on ash is I don’t care for the heat it gives. But ive got tons of it sooo guess what i burn it. I have been usyall cherry this winter since we had tree damage and lost a few. I filled up woodshed last spring with it
White ash puts out 24BTUs green ash puts out 20BTUs black cherry puts out 20BTUs and red/white oak puts out 24-25BTUs so.......all good wood...it all burns.
I can tell you air pressure plays, a part on jobs for me at times setting door closers , till they get a new system balnced sometimes so much negative pressure doors will close but not latch properly, especially when they're needing an airlock room
It is 1/6 here today and we have 10" of snow in SE Ohio. We won't be going out for a few days. My driveway is 1/4 mile long. The new houses are so tight that it doesn't take much to pull air down their chimney, it has to come from somewhere. Ash is my favorite wood. I am beginning to miss it here. Ours is all rotten.
Had a 3 year customer bring a fireplace concern to me this fall. He has a manufactured fire place and asked me if I knew if the hole in the side of his fireplace is a safety issue. Of course I did not want to take the responsibility of confirming the safety of his fireplace, however I did at least take a look at it upon his request. I was shocked to see a1&1/4" dia. hole in the side sheet metal,2" up from the hearth. As he was a new owner of the home he said he did no modifications. I told him it looks like his fire place once had "gas logs" and this was the knock-out for the gas line. I told him to get it checked out by a certified professional.
Another great video Chris heard of that happening a friend cleans chimneys and you put all the protection down for furniture and the floors and when he was vacuuming up think said closed the flu and the people go to light a fire and house gets smoke in it they called him and being new wood burners never new about this stuff so he went and opened the flu and it took off don't know if you have any videos about this problem but for first time home firewood users would help to understand it all thanks again Chris see the next one be safe my friend and warm this heart surgery is not a joke meds make blood thinners and lost my antifreeze so just getting bye in the drafty old house thanks again my friend waiting for next video
@InTheWoodyard had a guy on here going to sell firewood and didn't really know what he was doing told him look you up to get an idea what it's about hope that was ok cause you down to earth and a straight shooter thanks Chris
Chris the professor hard at work and helping your customers and all of us who watch. I remember those videos as well, passed on knowledge to many others as well because of them. “Like a ripple across the ocean, it becomes a wave.” In the case of baked beans, a solid turns into a gas. 😂 Always look forward to your videos, my wife even enjoys the,. She told me she now understands why I say cutting firewood is therapeutic. Good Night Irene.
Sounds like you and your wife are on the same page...NICE! I will be using your line about turning a solid into a gas in the future...probably on a hunting trip with my brothers...I can see it now...I will hold my fire (gas) as long as I can and as I shovel a big heaping serving spoon full of beans in my mouth, I will perform ..."MAGIC"
@ Lol, I agree Chris. My wife and I definitely have fun with baked beans, she has soup beans that her mom makes. She has southern blood and I have Dutch blood but have a taste for southern food. Poor Eric and Ken, I remember seeing Ken having to deal with your gas before on trapping videos and then your old best friend Tony as well. 👍🏻 Always in good fun for the giver to return fore or a favor. Lol
Hey, you are one hard working guy and sharp besides even though we don't buy wood...I harvest from our back 40 ( really 57a). And heat 99 44/100 % with two ( count 'em, 2 ) wood stoves. No central furnace, or mini split. No thermostat "set" at say 65F. Love the warmth and mostly the effort to use firewood for comfort. Mostly love though it gets old by March. The Stihl would not start yesterday 5 Jan 2024. Fewer homes, even here in forested Maine, now use trees for heating. Internet ? Obesity ? Few hunt anymore. Good topic for discussion and analysis IN the Woodyard ?.
I remember a time I brought 6 cords of wood to a lady that buys 10 cords a year and she was a nice lady I always tried my best to keep her happy. She had 5 girls between the ages of 12 to 17 two of them were twins. I dropped off a load and had to go back to get more and when I came back the lady and her 5 kids were standing outside. I asked WTH is going on and the girls were telling me in a panic that the house was full of smoke. I looked up and didn't see any smoke coming out of the chimney. So I assumed the smoke was coming from some where in the house. I said stay here and get in my truck to warm up. I went all through that house and could not see what was going on. I found a fan plugged it in to blow the smoke out. I then open the woodstove and found the problem. Some how the stove pipe or chimney was plugged. I then got on the roof and looked down about 12 inches was a huge birds nest lmao. I took care of that and the smoke just started flowing out. When I came down from the roof there was still a lot of smoke in the house. I told the lady what happen and told her I will fix that so it will not happen again. The girls had a hard time going in the house because of the smoke so I invited the family to join me for dinner while the fan was doing its job. When I brought them home and I went all through the house to be sure everything was ok and made sure the fire was going good I let them know I will check on them from time to time. On a nice warm day I cleared the snow off their roof and did a chimney sweep for them to be sure everything was safe. the lady asked me how much she owes me for all I did and I told her nothing. I thought that was the end but then the lady started telling all her friends and other neighbors about what happen and what I did for her and they all wanted to buy wood from me as well. The year was the first year I ever ran out of wood. I even had to buy wood just to be sure I had the wood for my Customer's.
Chris thank you for the visual wood identification lesson today. I paused video and tried to screen shot picture, it did not work. Any chance I can get an image copy.
Yeah how much draft you get can vary a lot from day to day as well depending on temp outside wind etc sometimes air is descending sometimes it’s ascending and it affects how hot your stove burns
"It all burns", straight up my friend. Ever had wood go punk on you, smoldering and worth nothing to burn? The point is, at that time, one doesn't care what kind of wood it is, "will it burn?" Only thing you care about then.
All wood burns. It depends on what you have in your area.....look up BTU output on the wood types you have in your area...not all wood/tree species live in your area. But the best is post oak 34BTUs almond wood 33BTUs then osage orange 32BTUs followed by a bunch of others like ironwood, hickory, locust, horn beam, black birch...all around 27 BTUs. White and red oak is 23-24 BTUs .
Chris, how easy does your kindling light? I’ve experimented with Spruce, Aspen, and Doug Fir, and they don’t really light too easily. I have found that the pine kindling works very well. It lights within five to ten seconds.
@ Agreed. I’m thinking that I may consider pine kindling bundles. I advertise pine bundles, and there are nothing but 🦗 You just about can’t even give pine away. Hopefully a different route will yield some different results.
Good video Chris. I remember the episode where this happened. Trying to figure out your camera setup from the shadow. GoPro, mic, and external battery? Maybe a "behind the scenes" video of everything it takes to record an episode?
I have done several videos showing my set up. I now use 2 DJI 4 cameras with DJI mics that is pretty much it. The gopros are not as good...I have 6-7 of them. They do not like heat or cold and short battery life.
We have a fireplace in the basement and on the main floor. Not exactly the same problem, but when trying to start the fireplace in the basement, the window needs to be opened for the first 5 minutes until a draft develops.
Not wood stuff, we used too own a laundromat we put in a new water heater and found out the Dryers would suck the air down the water heater vent and put out the flame for the water heater. Had to add more intake vents
😂 I burn that much kindling every morning. Draft depends on the atmospheric pressure, especially if you have an inversion. Fresh air intake is a good solution. Chimney height is important and certain directions of wind can also make your house neg pressure.
I have to open a window in a bedroom and the back door to get an updraft moving if the oven vent fan is on or bathroom fan. When homes are built very air tight as they are today you need ventilation. They used to have a vent hole in the front door of your house if you had a fireplace.
back drafts are the number one reason to have a carbon monoxide detector if there's anything in the house burning and producing heat. I know it's hard to believe but a back drafted wood stove can burn without producing smoke and poison the house, had that happen more than a couple times with a wood stove in the basement, saved by the beep of the CO detector and my smoke alarm didn't catch it
here in the uk when you have a stove above 5kW building regs demand an air vent in the room... kind of scary when you want to keep the place warm but the stove more than compensates...
Yup...regulations are wayyyyyy overdone everywhere...people that are trying to control the masses because they think they are smarter than you and have your money!
@@InTheWoodyard i know Chris, we are ruled by idiots, I keep away from them as much as possible... best thing to do. they don't give a fcuk about us and I don't them
I used to have a german ceramic stove in my living room, and it downdrafted pretty easily. but it burned clean and efficiently. sadly, I couldn't get the interior panels for it any more and the chimney sweeps didn't take the direction not to take the interior apart, seriously.
We also learned quickly not to let the furnace kick in when starting a fire as it wants to pull air from chimney. ….Cough ….cough. After stove is hot it isn’t a problem ….learn by experience I suppose. -22 Celsius this morning (-8 Fahrenheit) good day for wood heat👍
Chris I know you are a woodoloogist hahaha. But are you sure that one confusing piece is locust? I woulda bet that was cherry. Young cherry looks just like that with the bark. But I won’t question the woodologist. Thx for sharing!
No worries..it can be hard to tell sometimes as wood grows, matures, ages and then seasons and turns different colors and looses it's bark too! Kinda like really old people.....men look like women and vice a versa!
Aren’t the regulations that there is an air supply vent to the outside adjacent to the fireplace/ wood stove? Surprised they haven’t died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 🤷♂️
My dad had a similar issue with a wood stove that he has in his basement, he found that if he cracked open a window until the draft started that he wouldn't have any issues. Your customer service is great and I'm sure the customer appreciated the help with figuring out their issue.
Thanks for watching... you are right, that always helps...fire needs to breath!
I was going to comment the same thing. My wood burner is in the basement. I leave the closest window to it cracked just a little.
👍Great video. Full of knowledge and good advice when it comes to customer service and firewood identification. I remember watching those older videos, when the customer thought the firewood was the problem. Like you, I have found that having a conversation with folks trying to figure out what the issue is, shows them you care. It also shows you are willing to solve their problem for them. They will remember that in the future.👍
You’re absolutely right...I’ve found that most problems can be solved with a little patience!
Great information! I continue to learn over the years from you. I really appreciate your videos. I laughed out load recently when I was tossing wood in my 30 year old F150, I threw them in with a back spin as you suggested and it works😂 I had recently broke my back window for the first time in my life. So many firewood myths have been cleared up from you as well - keep the videos going 🥳👍
Thanks Chris!
Great video Chris! I've had that same thing happen when a guest was here and left the bathroom fan running. Our house is really tight so any exhaust fan running will pull the smoke back down the chimney. We usually have to leave a window cracked. Have a great day!
Yup! Thanks!
I remember those videos!! They helped me with a customer not being able to burn my wood. His flue was closed, not tightly, but almost. Thanks for helping us!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Thanks for watching as always!
Had a similar problem in our house. I talked to the stove manufacturer and found the stove had an outside air option. I bought the adapter and ran pipe to the outside of the house. Game changer! It not only solved the draft issue in a tight house but it stopped the stove from pulling in cold air around the windows and doors with positive pressure inside the house. Also dryers and stove vents no longer affect the wood stove because it isn't using house air. I highly recommend using the outside air option whenever possible on wood stoves. I also installed a small box fan in the outside air line to get a super draft to use when starting the fire. Makes starting a fire fast and easy.
That sounds great! Thanks for the info!
I love your videos! I'm becoming that guy in the Firewood Universe in my local area because of your education, encouragement to work hard and learn. I also love being in my woodyard. Best job I've ever had! Thanks Chris and I really mean that. Keep posting!!! Brycat Firewood!
That is awesome! Keep cuttin'!
I think I have only experienced down drafting once or twice in my 30 years of using wood as a supplemental heat source. Your spot on with your comments about proper draw from the inside of the house,
Yup, I have seen it at my buddies cabin once...it was a very windy day!
Customers with that kind of draft issue, in an air tight house, need an OAK....aka outside air kit.
It's a known variable to those that know. Good story, Chris.
Yup, or an open window!
I’m glad you revisited a fairly common problem with draft. Everyone needs to keep these things in mind. Thanks for bringing it up , reminders are good. Have a great day.
Yes....not getting dead from a house fire or carbon monoxide is important.
I remember it, that man will never forget the hassle you went through to fix his problems,the name of the game,and he' probably tells everyone.lol, thanks again chris
Yup, just trying to keep customers alive!
I have both a wood stove and a wood cook stove in my cabin. If i start one, then try starting a fire in the other one smoke will billow out of it into the room. I have to either start both at the same time or open the front door of the cabin until the second chimney starts to draw.
Yup, makes sense!
Chris great two-fer video: how to start a fire AND wood ID.
My two-cents on what I do (and I live in a very tight house with fresh air intake on the fireplace ).
I start by building an “ upside down fire” with kindling on top of the stack.
I prime the flue before igniting the kindling by making a paper torch out of a big piece of newspaper.
I start the paper torch and hold it up into the flue to warm it up.
Then I start the kindling which burns quick and hot, further warming up the flue creating a good draft.
Also, although I have the fresh air intake, it’s not enough, so I crack a window near the fireplace.
Yup, I like the way you think!
Very nice info. Yes the air that your woodstove and fireplace need, airflow and the air has to come from somewhere.
Yup! It’s amazing how many people don’t understand that.
@ I had a Vermont casting stove and that thing flu wide open it took a lot of air.
I remember those videos. Any type of indoor exhaust fan can cause down drafts in propane, oil or wood heating as appliances that are vented by a natural draft flue. Seen a lot of those troubles when I was in the propane service business. A down draft happened in my own house which is not an air tight build. Caused by the clothes dryer. 👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve seen that too...it’s a real issue.
Been burning wood for 20 years. Currently have my stove going on day 6 in a row. Lows are around 22-25 degrees at night and highs around 30-32. A good practice is to have a window or two open at all times. I have double hung windows, I have one top sash open about 3" closest to the stove (to exhaust) warm air. I also have one bottom sash open adjacent to the stove about 3" to have fresh air always circulating. With the fresh air, and a humidifier I maintain an enjoyable warm heat with around 35-40% moisture.
Sounds like a good way to keep the heat flowing!
Chris another excellent piece of video and work 👍😮😊❤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
After my Dad passed away years ago, my step Mom kept having trouble getting the wood stove in the basement to draw when she started a fire. Come to find out, she remembered Dad opening a window a bit in the basement until things in the stove got going. Sometimes, the house was a bit negative pressure inside. All it needed was a chance to balance air pressure between inside and out.
That's a great story, thanks for sharing it! Good to know!
Good Monday morning Chris 🌄the weather is looking better out there today have a great afternoon
Thanks for watching, and I hope you have a great day too!
I used to sell and install wood stoves and would sometimes run into this problem. New homes are extremely airtight and it’s common to have this problem. Many stoves can be installed to get air from outside the house so by cutting a 4” hole under the base of the stove and using a piece of flexible hose (like dryer hose) with a screen on the bottom to prevent rodents from entering and directly connected to the stove then
you have an independent air source and it sounds like the problem your customer was having could have solved using this method. I have been watching your videos for a long, long time Chris and you’re the first utube r I seek out every morning.
Thanks for the professional advice/tips! And thanks for watching!
Happy New Year. Good morning. A nice 0 in Eastern Ontario, as we speak. good info. GNI
Thanks for watching!
You can hear the quality and seasoning of the wood as it slides off the trailer.
Yup, bowling pins!
Another goodin Mr. Chris!!
I just got smarter after watching your videos again, pretty soon I won't be able to get my noggin through the door!
GNI!
Just use the tooth pick in your mouth as a wedge to pry yourself in and out of rooms!
@ 😂😂
Chris years ago I worked in the trades as an electrician and I seen a lot of houses built with what’s called air to air , it’s a 2 inch or 3 inch pipe that brought outside air into the mechanical room. With out it the furnace would go out and the gas water heater and the gas cook stove.
That is great info. Thanks!
Very good informative video Chris. Enjoy your channel with coffee. Cheers from HB NZ
Cheers right back at ya! Thanks for watching.
Learning episode for sure!!! Great👍👍👍
Thanks!
I'm a red oak snob and I feel called out. 🤣
No worries! All wood burns! There are a lot of other wood kinds that are better for heat! Maybe not in you area though....around here there are a bunch of better wood for BTU heat output. Black locust, shag bark hickory, mulberry, apple wood, iron wood (horn beam) , blue beech, honey locust, thorn apple, bitternut...
I install wood chimneys for a living . The house is in a negative pressure . Mechanically exhausting appliances will over power natural draft . Fresh air intake helps but doesn’t solve it. New homes reek havoc on wood burners. Old homes breath .
Yup, fire needs to breath!
Treat all customers like Mrs. Smith, aka, your grandmother.
Tip from late Phoenix Fire Chief.
Allan Brunacini.
Great problem solving.
Yup, I hope no one I sell wood to ever has a chimney fire.....or house fire...so I want them to be educated as to what and how to do it right!
@InTheWoodyard you are doing all the right things. Next time I come up, I can give a talk about this topic.
Good advice video Chris. Lots of 1960’s-1970’s houses built with beautiful fireplaces had them blocked off later and replaced with fake inserts for that reason I suspect (mother in law’s house). I identify with all the wood types except the snob wood. GNI
Yup, fire needs to breath!
G’morning Chris. I member that customer/video like it was yesterday !! Good solution, those vents will get cha.
GoodNightIrene
Good on ya! Seems like a long time ago 2 years???
Great info! 🤔
I remember that video! I think you even brought them more wood at first, for free. Since they’d complained about the original load.
Yup! You got it. That was a real learning experience for all of us.
Awesome bundle of kindling. Those should last forever. I love how bark comes off maple great kindling. My opinion on ash is I don’t care for the heat it gives. But ive got tons of it sooo guess what i burn it. I have been usyall cherry this winter since we had tree damage and lost a few. I filled up woodshed last spring with it
White ash puts out 24BTUs green ash puts out 20BTUs black cherry puts out 20BTUs and red/white oak puts out 24-25BTUs so.......all good wood...it all burns.
Inot firewood related, but I have similar stories in automotive.
Looking back, it's fun and frustrating, but we got it figured out, and he is happy 😉👍
Yup, we all have our problems and as a supplier it is my (our) job to solve /fix them.
I can tell you air pressure plays, a part on jobs for me at times setting door closers , till they get a new system balnced sometimes so much negative pressure doors will close but not latch properly, especially when they're needing an airlock room
Yup! I have a few inside room doors in my business building that if the furnace fan is running they have to be pushed to close tight!
It is 1/6 here today and we have 10" of snow in SE Ohio. We won't be going out for a few days. My driveway is 1/4 mile long. The new houses are so tight that it doesn't take much to pull air down their chimney, it has to come from somewhere. Ash is my favorite wood. I am beginning to miss it here. Ours is all rotten.
Ash is awesome wood and soon there will be none! A snow day is good sometimes! Make a fire an make sure it is fed well today!
Now that you said bowling pin, I can’t stop hearing bowling pins at the bowling alley every time you do a dump! 😂 STRIKE!! 😅
You’re absolutely right, it’s hilarious!
I have no trouble with draft in our old drafty farm house liked that about identifying wood
Yup, you, the house, wood and stove all need to breath!
Had a 3 year customer bring a fireplace concern to me this fall. He has a manufactured fire place and asked me if I knew if the hole in the side of his fireplace is a safety issue. Of course I did not want to take the responsibility of confirming the safety of his fireplace, however I did at least take a look at it upon his request. I was shocked to see a1&1/4" dia. hole in the side sheet metal,2" up from the hearth. As he was a new owner of the home he said he did no modifications. I told him it looks like his fire place once had "gas logs" and this was the knock-out for the gas line. I told him to get it checked out by a certified professional.
We realize as providers of dry and hot burning fuel, it is up to our customers to have safe burning appliances and safe burning practices.
Yup, he should have it checked out...might not be a problem??
yup
Another great video Chris heard of that happening a friend cleans chimneys and you put all the protection down for furniture and the floors and when he was vacuuming up think said closed the flu and the people go to light a fire and house gets smoke in it they called him and being new wood burners never new about this stuff so he went and opened the flu and it took off don't know if you have any videos about this problem but for first time home firewood users would help to understand it all thanks again Chris see the next one be safe my friend and warm this heart surgery is not a joke meds make blood thinners and lost my antifreeze so just getting bye in the drafty old house thanks again my friend waiting for next video
That's a great story! Yes...some people need help with making fires.
@InTheWoodyard had a guy on here going to sell firewood and didn't really know what he was doing told him look you up to get an idea what it's about hope that was ok cause you down to earth and a straight shooter thanks Chris
Chris the professor hard at work and helping your customers and all of us who watch. I remember those videos as well, passed on knowledge to many others as well because of them. “Like a ripple across the ocean, it becomes a wave.” In the case of baked beans, a solid turns into a gas. 😂 Always look forward to your videos, my wife even enjoys the,. She told me she now understands why I say cutting firewood is therapeutic. Good Night Irene.
Sounds like you and your wife are on the same page...NICE! I will be using your line about turning a solid into a gas in the future...probably on a hunting trip with my brothers...I can see it now...I will hold my fire (gas) as long as I can and as I shovel a big heaping serving spoon full of beans in my mouth, I will perform ..."MAGIC"
@ Lol, I agree Chris. My wife and I definitely have fun with baked beans, she has soup beans that her mom makes. She has southern blood and I have Dutch blood but have a taste for southern food. Poor Eric and Ken, I remember seeing Ken having to deal with your gas before on trapping videos and then your old best friend Tony as well. 👍🏻 Always in good fun for the giver to return fore or a favor. Lol
Hey, you are one hard working guy and sharp besides even though we don't buy wood...I harvest from our back 40 ( really 57a). And heat 99 44/100 % with two ( count 'em, 2 ) wood stoves. No central furnace, or mini split. No thermostat "set" at say 65F. Love the warmth and mostly the effort to use firewood for comfort. Mostly love though it gets old by March. The Stihl would not start yesterday 5 Jan 2024. Fewer homes, even here in forested Maine, now use trees for heating. Internet ? Obesity ? Few hunt anymore. Good topic for discussion and analysis IN the Woodyard ?.
Yup, most people live motionless lives now.
I remember a time I brought 6 cords of wood to a lady that buys 10 cords a year and she was a nice lady I always tried my best to keep her happy. She had 5 girls between the ages of 12 to 17 two of them were twins. I dropped off a load and had to go back to get more and when I came back the lady and her 5 kids were standing outside. I asked WTH is going on and the girls were telling me in a panic that the house was full of smoke. I looked up and didn't see any smoke coming out of the chimney. So I assumed the smoke was coming from some where in the house. I said stay here and get in my truck to warm up. I went all through that house and could not see what was going on. I found a fan plugged it in to blow the smoke out. I then open the woodstove and found the problem.
Some how the stove pipe or chimney was plugged. I then got on the roof and looked down about 12 inches was a huge birds nest lmao. I took care of that and the smoke just started flowing out. When I came down from the roof there was still a lot of smoke in the house. I told the lady what happen and told her I will fix that so it will not happen again. The girls had a hard time going in the house because of the smoke so I invited the family to join me for dinner while the fan was doing its job. When I brought them home and I went all through the house to be sure everything was ok and made sure the fire was going good I let them know I will check on them from time to time.
On a nice warm day I cleared the snow off their roof and did a chimney sweep for them to be sure everything was safe. the lady asked me how much she owes me for all I did and I told her nothing. I thought that was the end but then the lady started telling all her friends and other neighbors about what happen and what I did for her and they all wanted to buy wood from me as well. The year was the first year I ever ran out of wood. I even had to buy wood just to be sure I had the wood for my Customer's.
GREAT story...awesome! Thanks!
@@InTheWoodyard Truth be told I forgot all about that till you brought it up in this Video lmao.
Ha i passed that video a couple weeks ago! Thanks for telling us what the problem was. Everyone in the comments was right!
Yup, it was a draft issue! It can happen!
You are a smart man Chris!👍👍
I pretend, just trying to get by! Hey! I have a customer for you...I emailed you my phone number...give me a call sometime!
Good evening Chris!!😀😀
Good evening! Glad you stopped by Al!!!!
Chris thank you for the visual wood identification lesson today. I paused video and tried to screen shot picture, it did not work. Any chance I can get an image copy.
Ahhhh no...that would be a lot of work for me. I do have several other videos showing wood identification from several years ago.....
Moral of the story ! - Dont lay blame - Good on you for figuring out the problem - Thats why they have purchased for years
Yup, find the problem and fix it....the road to riches.
@@InTheWoodyard Felt somewhat Bummed out watching that Vid ! - No kittie feeding ! ( Lol
Yeah how much draft you get can vary a lot from day to day as well depending on temp outside wind etc sometimes air is descending sometimes it’s ascending and it affects how hot your stove burns
You’re absolutely right!
"It all burns", straight up my friend.
Ever had wood go punk on you, smoldering and worth nothing to burn? The point is, at that time, one doesn't care what kind of wood it is, "will it burn?" Only thing you care about then.
Nice . My Wife and I spent sunday morning runnin the log splitter , well She ran the splitter while I ran the stacking !!
That is awesome..keep cuttin'!!
@@InTheWoodyard Thanks !!
What is the best wood to burn for putting out heat
All wood burns. It depends on what you have in your area.....look up BTU output on the wood types you have in your area...not all wood/tree species live in your area. But the best is post oak 34BTUs almond wood 33BTUs then osage orange 32BTUs followed by a bunch of others like ironwood, hickory, locust, horn beam, black birch...all around 27 BTUs. White and red oak is 23-24 BTUs .
Chris, how easy does your kindling light? I’ve experimented with Spruce, Aspen, and Doug Fir, and they don’t really light too easily. I have found that the pine kindling works very well. It lights within five to ten seconds.
Yup, soft woods/ pine is great kindling. Hard wood is not as good but smaller split is better.
@ Agreed. I’m thinking that I may consider pine kindling bundles. I advertise pine bundles, and there are nothing but 🦗 You just about can’t even give pine away. Hopefully a different route will yield some different results.
Good video Chris. I remember the episode where this happened. Trying to figure out your camera setup from the shadow. GoPro, mic, and external battery? Maybe a "behind the scenes" video of everything it takes to record an episode?
I have done several videos showing my set up. I now use 2 DJI 4 cameras with DJI mics that is pretty much it. The gopros are not as good...I have 6-7 of them. They do not like heat or cold and short battery life.
you selling boxelder surprised me, I always give it away to boiler guys, maybe I should revisit my opinion.
Boxelder burns good. It is a member of the maple family and it's heat output is equal to soft maple.
We have a fireplace in the basement and on the main floor. Not exactly the same problem, but when trying to start the fireplace in the basement, the window needs to be opened for the first 5 minutes until a draft develops.
Yup, very similar problem. Fire needs to breath.
Not wood stuff, we used too own a laundromat we put in a new water heater and found out the Dryers would suck the air down the water heater vent and put out the flame for the water heater. Had to add more intake vents
That is basically the same thing ....down draft...fire can't breath or burn then! Thanks for the info!
Good morning
Snowing here in NC this morning .
Hello! We had snow here a few weeks ago but it is mostly gone now!
Hi Chris nice of you talk with him yep that happen to me it was cooking Fan at eat time it to me two week to fine it (Ty Ron
Yup, it can happen...wood/fire needs to breath to burn!
Well the 10.to 30 inch snow went south of here. Hot zilch. Big bummer
I am glad it is not here!
@@InTheWoodyard even Springfield il only got around 8 inches range.. nothing as was predicted
Have you used slab from the local saw mills
No. It is often mostly bark. My customers want wood. Slab wood is fine in a boiler.
😂 I burn that much kindling every morning. Draft depends on the atmospheric pressure, especially if you have an inversion. Fresh air intake is a good solution. Chimney height is important and certain directions of wind can also make your house neg pressure.
Yup, you are absolutely correct!
19° and snowing like crazy here in Southeastern Pennsylvania...first storm of the year. Bundles are selling like crazy!🤪
Awesome...keep cuttin'!
I have to open a window in a bedroom and the back door to get an updraft moving if the oven vent fan is on or bathroom fan. When homes are built very air tight as they are today you need ventilation. They used to have a vent hole in the front door of your house if you had a fireplace.
Yup, they are airtight and you need some air in!
back drafts are the number one reason to have a carbon monoxide detector if there's anything in the house burning and producing heat.
I know it's hard to believe but a back drafted wood stove can burn without producing smoke and poison the house, had that happen more than a couple times with a wood stove in the basement, saved by the beep of the CO detector and my smoke alarm didn't catch it
That is scary...makes a great point about the CO detector! Thanks!!
Tight house…..thankfully I don’t have THAT problem…
Yup.
Hi Chris, it is cold. Burning Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Eucalyptus. And its not cold in here anymore
Nice....good wood!
here in the uk when you have a stove above 5kW building regs demand an air vent in the room... kind of scary when you want to keep the place warm but the stove more than compensates...
Yup...regulations are wayyyyyy overdone everywhere...people that are trying to control the masses because they think they are smarter than you and have your money!
@@InTheWoodyard we must obey 😂😂😂
@@markdyballuk That is why we left a few centuries ago...now it is taking hold here too....freedom is disappearing again.
@@InTheWoodyard i know Chris, we are ruled by idiots, I keep away from them as much as possible... best thing to do. they don't give a fcuk about us and I don't them
The talk and the dump was good👍🏻👍🏻GNI
Yup, dumping while talking is not easy!
Thank you for the video sir
Thanks for watching!
I used to have a german ceramic stove in my living room, and it downdrafted pretty easily. but it burned clean and efficiently. sadly, I couldn't get the interior panels for it any more and the chimney sweeps didn't take the direction not to take the interior apart, seriously.
Yup, down draft is an issue!
We also learned quickly not to let the furnace kick in when starting a fire as it wants to pull air from chimney. ….Cough ….cough. After stove is hot it isn’t a problem ….learn by experience I suppose. -22 Celsius this morning (-8 Fahrenheit) good day for wood heat👍
Yup, fire has to breath!
Well, that makes me thankful I have an old house with lots of air leaks.
There ya go...a good point to use in the future!
If one customer offered to buy all your wood, would you agree? Or do you need to save some for your regular customers?
Yes in a second. I would sell it all and then cut more or buy from a supplier to keep ALL of my customers.
Good story Chris crack a window when u start a fire 🔥 😊!
Or you could just open a window...ya gotta fix the cracks!
Привет. Выгрузки на открытом пространстве гораздо быстрее. 👏👏👏
Hello back at you! Yes space is good! thanks for watching!
gi there good story , best to all john
Thanks Mr. John!!!!!
Good morning woodhounds
Hello James!
I keep a widow cracked, very slight, by my fireplace. Gives it fresh air, without cooling the room.
Yup, your fire needs to breath!
That house needs an air to air exchanger to recycle air from outside to inside.
Yes!!!!
What you identified as locust looked like black birch to me. But I’m not good at identifying limb wood.
Yup, it can be hard to tell sometimes. We do not have black birch here so...it was honey locust limb wood...positive.
i was told iron wood is to hard to burn
Yes BUT..it is very slow burning and is the hottest longest burning wood in Wisconsin. #1 for BTU output here.
I don't have to worry about that with my old house
Some drafts are good!
Chris I know you are a woodoloogist hahaha. But are you sure that one confusing piece is locust? I woulda bet that was cherry. Young cherry looks just like that with the bark. But I won’t question the woodologist. Thx for sharing!
Nope, it was locust... but yes it did kinda look cherry like...it was very heavy and yellowish on the inside.
Perspective is everything.
Problem ?
or
Opportunity?
Exactly...most problems ARE opportunities!
I remember this one😊
Thanks!
Do you get much sleep Chris? Between your full time job and the wood yard haha
A lot of nights 4-5 hours most often 6-7.
👍👍👍
Thanks!!!
Good Morning Woodhounds!!
Only a couple inches of snow so far, forecast is 3 more inches today. Jim
@@jamesbuchanan7088, Loaded my 90 year old Pop's up Thursday and brought him down to our mobile here in Estero... He loves the sunshine and warmth...
Good morning
Good morning.
Good morning!
59°F and clear here in Estero Florida...... Ahhhhhh sunshine!!
Nice. You migrated south like a goose.
@saltrock9642 Sure did
Icky! That sounds way to hot! No reason for a fire then! Haaaa!
Thought the locust was Cherry :( My bad..... LoL
No worries..it can be hard to tell sometimes as wood grows, matures, ages and then seasons and turns different colors and looses it's bark too! Kinda like really old people.....men look like women and vice a versa!
My house is the opposite of air tight
That is good ...ya gotta breath and so does the fire!!!
Honey locust 👍🏻
Yup, good wood!
Snob 😂wood ..in deed😅
Yup.
Aren’t the regulations that there is an air supply vent to the outside adjacent to the fireplace/ wood stove? Surprised they haven’t died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 🤷♂️
Regulations are words on paper. Lots of things can happen that the words on paper do not fix.
@ True that’s where some education and common sense comes in handy.
@@warrenstanford7240 Yup, to bad common sense isn't common.
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Thanks!