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More complex than one might think, preparing and burning freshly cut wood is a process that involves three stages that occur simultaneously: Evaporation Water in the wood evaporates until the weight of the logs halve. After proper seasoning (drying), the weight of the logs decreases by an additional 20%. Why is evaporation important? The wetter […]

After some practise, you should get the hang of how to use your fireplace effectively and efficiently. Here are five signs that you’re doing it right: Burning should be accompanied by visible flames during the whole cycle, until the logs transform into embers. This helps to ensure that smouldering and smoking do not take place. […]

When lighting a fire in your fireplace, it is important to only use natural, chemically untreated, as well as wooden briquettes without adhesive glues. The logs should be completely dry, so ideally they should have been stored in a dry, well-ventilated place for at least one year. Storing and preparing firewood: Wooden logs should be […]

As you may know, once your fire is alight and blazing, it needs to be refuelled to maintain its heat. The burning cycle of a log is the time it takes from the kindling of the stack of firewood to transform into a layer of embers. Each cycle can ensure heating for a few hours, […]

The Kindling Process The purpose of kindling is to warm up the walls of the fireplace combustion chamber, pipes and chimney, so that the optimal conditions for roaring fire are created without unnecessarily opening the door several times. Kindling Preparation: Remove any ashes from the grate to enable maximum air flow in from the bottom. […]

BURNING REFUSE Burning refuse may seem like an easy and logical way of getting rid of household garbage while creating extra warmth, however burning rubbish can lead to unpredictable consequences. The contrasting materials in the dry logs and rubbish react when they burn together, however this burning does not destroy these dangerous substances, but merely […]

BURNING WITH WOOD – THE SUSTAINABLE CHOICE Vital for our continued existence is a process called photosynthesis whereby plants absorb carbon dioxide and water from the atmosphere and soil and, using the sun’s energy, decompose these compounds into carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen and oxygen are then used for the tree to grow, and surplus […]