Lighting A Wood Burning Stove
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2015
- ecofiresandstoves.co.uk/ Watch Pete Hillier light a wood burning stove the proper way.
In this video Pete gives advice starting with a cold stove.
He talks about the need for a covering of ash, the types of wood you must use for great success and how to build out the fire using natural materials.
Pete is a director of Eco Fires and Stoves in Church Crookham and his company have fitted hundreds of wood burning stoves across the south of England. 
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Thanks Pete, you`re exactly the kinda guy I want telling me how to operate a wood burner properly. Very informative, very helpful.
Thank you
I am glad I’ve helped a little 👍
@@EcofiresStoves Pete i am about to treat myself to a multy fuel stove, i cant wait , you are very helpfull thanks
Wow, I’m a first time wood stove user. You have made me love my wood stove, I was so anxious in using it and now I feel very confident. Your videos are well explained and informative. I don’t know what I would have done without your video.
Thank you for this. Never had wood burner before and was so lost. Super helpful. 😊
Important information I'm about to share here; Anyone with a glass front will experience black creasote.buildup on the glass, and most will use a glass stove cleaner purchased in a plastic bottle. There's a cheaper and effective way. Use a paper towel much like kitchen paper towels on a roll, get it slightly wet, and dip it into some of the cold ashes from the previous day's burn.. That little bit of ashes on the towel is enough abrasion to clean the glass perfectly, and it doesn't scratch at all. I only use a half sheet of paper towel with a little bit of ash on it, and clean as you normally do.
The Owl in you grows wise :) Thanks for the tip.
A single sheet of newspaper scrunched into a ball so it's like a cleaning pad is just as good. Dip the face of the pad into some water so it's wet but not sopping wet throughout. Dip the wetted pad into your cold ashes and rub the glass firmly (but obviously not too much pressure to break the glass).
It takes me about half a dozen such newspaper pads to clean a glass about 13" x 9".
Finish off with a wetted newspaper pad without the ash to remove any smears and finally a dry newspaper pad or two to remove any streaks on the glass. Maybe an old polishing cloth to finish.
What's happening chemically is that you are making a basic form of lye - caustic potash. It's alkaline but not strong enough to burn the skin. You shouldn't get much on your fingers anyway. wear a glove if you are concerned. I never do and no problems so far - in 30 years.
I do that too, works a treat.
So if your ash bed is cold, do you still leave the ash bed, or removed it? What is the use of a cold ash bed for starting a new fire?
@@alantaylor6691 Hello Alan. Some say to leave the ashes in place as it insulates the bottom of the stove. Not sure exactly what that means, but I do to a degree, and I do agree to an extent. I do leave some ashes in the bed, but sort thru some of it trying to leave the larger black pieces. It acts as kindling, and will burn again, as it helps to ignite the new fire. Just when you think you don't have enough kindling, the ashes will burn again. I take my hand shovel, and smash the ashes, and redirect the chunks in the middle knowing they'll burn again and help start a flame.
After having my Godin insert chimney installed in SW France I thought I needed another guide to commence the fire being a novice city boy. Pete did the job perfectly in his calm , precise & reassuring way. Needless to say he guided me through the process perfectly and this December I decided to return to the site to make sure I forgot nothing, and to reacquaint myself with Pete & his tutorial ! He is surely amongst the best for me.
I had a stove installed a couple of months ago and although the installer did a short demo and talked me through it it's great to have a visual refresher before I use it in anger.
Pete, your brilliant , we have a new log burner, the installers told us nothing, so I've been cleaning it out every day, I left it today and even with one days ash, it's so much better, I'll give it a bit of a clear out once a week from now on, leaving a good inch or so bed in it. top man.
Thanks
I’m glad you found it helpful
Great video. Installing a stove in garage. You made a few key points. Quality stove you pointed out a few times. Definitely going that direction. Thank you!
very helpful. Just had my French made fonte insert chimney installed here in SW France and, frankly, know nowt about how to light it.
But with this concise video of Pete I now think I can cope. Thank a million. G
Hello, Pete and I am so grateful for the excellent and informative video. It has been years since I have had a wood burning stove, and coming from a formal fireplace to a wood burning stove I needed instruction. I feel prepared after watching your video. Thank you and God Bless ~ Daniel R.
Had an Esse One installed yesterday and this has really explained how to reliably start a fire, thank you.
Love the dog in the background enjoying the fire there.
I've watched many many videos since I've never owned a wood burner before. Easily the best video with really good advice. Ditched the newspaper and bought natural firelighters to go with kindling jenga! thanks!
Great video! Just moved into our cottage in Ireland and we were looking for an easy tutorial video like this! Thank you! 🎉
Extremely helpful well explained guide, about to get my first house and it has a wood burner . I feel a bit more informed on how to use now . Thank you .
Clear,concise instructions and it was even better to be able to watch it being done as it was explained so thank you! Hopefully I'll be able to get mine gong now!
Excellent video, extremely helpful and explained fully, many thanks Pete
Thank you for your RUclips clip it has helped so so much. I’ve had great success due to your instructions cheers 😀😀😀
This video has been super helpful. I’ve just had a burner installed and have no idea how to operate it. I’m ready for winter thanks to this video. Cheers.
Hi bud how you doing, does the burner help you feel warm through the cold? Yea deffs for winter with these crazy bills.
I was thinking about having one installed but the air ventilation pipe fitted into the wall, to let some air in and heat to go out
Thank you! This was very instructional
Very informative and helpful, especially about retaining the ash base, thank you. We've recently had a Charnwood woodburner installed which has transformed our house heating.
You have a great stove
All Charnwood stoves a super
Thanks Pete, an excellent and informative video, which works exactly as you suggest.
Cheers Pete. Great advice and very professional
awesome stuff - thanks for sharing!
Great material. Thanking you!
You helped to make my evening very comfortable. Legend.
This is a really great vid, thank you!
Good video. I was hoping to learn about how and when to use the exhaust valve on the flue. There was no mention of it though.
Very informative, many thanks. I have a normal fire at the moment so no stranger to lighting fires :) Getting a stove fitted next month and really looking forward to it. Your tips where very miuch appreciated.
Thank you, this has been so helpful! 😊
Really good explanation there. Thanks!
Best explanation on this topic I've found, thanks!
This was a very helpful video. Thank you for your clear, useful, friendly delivery.
Great tutorial. Thank you so much
Thanks Pete , good video, very useful ,
simply and clearly explained.
Thanks for the tutorial. Getting a perfect fire everytime now.
Finally after months an helpful clear video. No info at all from stove world after purchasing. Installer said nothing other than" look on RUclips"
I just recently moved to a place with a wood fire stove. Never had one before. Ive been struggling with it all week but your advice changed everything!!!! THANKS
Are you still using this method to light it? Just had one installed and I'm trying different methods
Excellent video. Very informative. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video.
Thanks, Pete. Perfect instructions and now I'm sitting before my fire.
Excellent. Learnt loads. Thank you
from Hackney london Uk. Thank you so much for this. its a lot of information. so going to get a notebook. i am in deep suffolk, i need to watch this again.
Excellent video. Thank you so much.
Thankyou for a clearly explained video. The best video I've seen so far
Yes! Not so scared to try for the first time now! Thanks a log😉
This vid yes. So much better than the rest that I’ve seen today
Thank you
Very good video. Thanks
I SO want one of those! Beautiful.
Amazing information thanks so much. I’ve got a roaring fire because of you. I filled the house with smoke last week trying to light it with newspaper .
Thanks Pete, it was very good. You do have a very comfortable looking dog in the background.
Great explanation!
Excellent video
thank you! this was very helpful
This is the best advice I've seen 😁👍🏻🙏🏴
Thanks for the helpful information. First time burning
I recently had a log burner fitted and struggled for a while getting the fire going properly..it started great but then quickly failed..the penny dropped when you said the embers are the engine for the fire..as I write this I’m 6 hours into a burn and it’s been a breeze…thanks for your help mate just in time for the weather to turn cold..👍👍👍
Hi Pete i am new to this thanks for posting this very informative video i now feel confident to use my new stove once its installed
Thank you very much for this informative video!
Very good,nicely explained
Excellent advice.
Hi Pete,now I know where I am going wrong not getting the fire hot enough in the initial burn thanks for your help
Thank you for this beginners video
Thanks for a very informative videoI am just in the process of choosing my wood burning stove. Your video was very clear and well done. Thanks
Excellent tutorial absolutely excellent
Love the doggo in the back.
Thank you, that was very helpful indeed.
Great video 👍🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻
love your content.
Great video, thank you 👍
Very informative - thanks
very helpful, thanks
Super informative thank you
Thanks for this great vid, I’ve just moved into a house with log burners, very informative. One question though, as well as logs, I have access to pallets that haven’t been treated, the nails that might fall out, do I leave them in with the ash build up? I might be talking nonsense here but I’m new to this. Thanks again.
Very useful, thanks!
Thank you, very concise and informative. What are the ideal temperatures on the stove body and on the flue if you have attached a magnetic thermometer?
When my grandad was still alive we would cut down trees, make logs, break it half, then break a couple logs in too tiny pieces, he built a massive thing on the side of the house just to dry out wood, it took a while till he trusted me to actually cut down a tree but it was really fun
Thanks for the dampering tips.
That's a nice looking stove.
Great vid 🖒👍
Well put together video, very informative. Thanks 😀
Great video. Any advice with a first burn / first few burns with all cast iron stove? Is it just kindling fires ? At what point do I start to add logs to the kindling?? Maybe after third burn?
The biggest problems are pretty much always down to the wood you use ! A wood burner is a very simple device, but the general public seem to complicate it ... good vid & advice ..
My area people don't know how to light a fire place. Pathetic.
So useful. Thank you! I never knew about leaving the ashes as a fire bed for the next day. Is it the same for an open fire?
thank you, a great help.
That's a great vid. Can you show us how you made them fire lighters?
Very helpful
Very helpful! Can modern stoves like the Charnwood Aire 5 for instance run continously through out the day or do they require resting times?
Cheers, top man! 🍻
Great video! One question ... we've moved into a house that has a large (7.5kw?) Carron burner that has a top and bottom control. I don't know what the top one does! Do I just do the same with it as the bottom one?!
thank you very helpful video
Great informative video especially for this log burner novice
Would you recommend adding 4-5 logs of that size to keep,it burning all night when you retire for the night ? Or best way to keep it burning all night ?
For I minute I thought it was rick from pawn stars
Think it's him, he just remove his ear ring
Me too!
I can’t it’s not butter
Thank you very clear
Thanks for this video. I'm in Portugal off grid & seems pine cones equal firelighters :-)
Great authenticity with the old dog soaking up heat in the background. European style stoves are neat. I'd guess most wood stoves in the US are bigger because they are intended to heat large houses or large areas, but that inventory of smaller, stylish looking stoves is appealing. Wood heating will rise again in popularity whenever the inevitable rise in the price of heating oil and natural gas occurs. No idea when that will occur, but as a kid in the late 70s, I remember a scramble for wood stoves when OPEC raised the price of oil drastically.
mick m its fairly common to find multiple fireplaces in European homes, certainly until the mid twentieth century there was one in every room in most homes. Fires were lit as and when needed to heat individual spaces. Quite different from the US method of heating the whole house often via a big basement stove. Smaller stoves do need more regular fuelling, but tend to burn much more efficiently and cleanly.
@@spencerwilton5831 Thank you for the response. My experience in Europe is limited- almost every European home and most hotels I stayed in were heated by what looked to be very efficient radiator heat, so your insight is appreciated. There is a a lot of variance by region in the US, but in the era before home insulation was common, many of the homes of wealthier people had either fireplaces or coal stoves in almost every room and bedroom because the heat would escape the house so rapidly. The less affluent people generally had a stove or fireplace in a central room, and thick blankets for the bedrooms. As you probably know, some areas of the US have mild winters, but there are a number of northern areas that are prone to extreme cold in comparison to the winters in Europe. We live in an area with mild winters, and have a wood pellet stove which works great, but someday I'd like to also have a smaller wood stove like the one in this video to run while we're home in the evenings.
Awesome!