When it comes to firewood burning, take it from the top

it's not it's not being pushed very much and any of us who are around Chris prior know about this and use it and it takes a little longer to set it up but it definitely burns much better much cleaner the key to this to start with your largest wood on the bottom and then work up with smaller pieces until you get to the top which will have essentially kindling each layer the wood is smaller than the layer below it it's a very top we have the smallest wood we just use what happened to use cardboard here well you could use a little newspaper or a little fire starter and you light your fire we're trying to show the students in this demonstration the fact that if you do a top burn it's a much cleaner burn for the fireplace the type of fireplace doesn't matter if the fireplace is working you will find that if you do a top burn to get the fire started it's a much cleaner burn because the volatile gases are going through the fire while the fire is going before they get out of the firebox the chimney sweep can explain to the homeowner how to do a top burn and the fact that they will actually get less creosote in the chimney over the long term they will get more efficient burning the top burn will burn the wood much more completely hire a qualified CSI a certified chimney sweep for your annual chimney inspection because it's where you live

Channel: Chimney Safety Institute of America

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Length: 2min 12sec (132 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 26 2015