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The
Wood Heat Organization: Answers to your questions about burning wood for heat and enjoyment. |
| Your effort to reduce the amount of smoke will be appreciated by all your neighbours. | |
The
Wood Heat Organization: Answers to your questions about burning wood for heat and enjoyment. |
Hey Neighbour!(An article submitted to her local community newspaper by Marlene, a visitor to woodheat.org) Do you know how much smoke comes out
of your chimney after you have rushed off for the day, when you are
inside or when you have gone to bed? If you don't know, go outside and
look at your chimney. If there is smoke, you (and your neighbours) have
a health and safety hazard. Do you care? You should. Blue or grey smoke indicates a
smouldering fire, incomplete combustion and air pollution. Your
use of wood fuel is affecting your neighbours' health and is a public
nuisance. Although it could be an improvement, you do not need an
efficient high tech stove to burn cleaner. You need to be a smarter
operator. Look at the old guy (with the old
stove) with little or no smoke, compared to the other guy (with a
certified low emission wood stove) who seems to have a smouldering fire
almost daily. Which one is the smarter, more efficient and
responsible wood burning neighbour? According to the woodheat.org
website, "The knowledge and skills needed to operate a wood burning
system need to be learned and practiced to get them right.
Although it is not brain surgery or rocket science, it is not as simple
as it might first appear". During mild weather if you
want to take the chill off without overheating the house, burn a SMALL,
HOT FIRE, QUICKLY. For the most common form of wood stove (front
loading, updraft, noncatalytic type) this means using smaller and fewer
pieces of wood stacked loosely, burning each load with the air supply
open until a layer of charcoal is formed, then reducing the air slightly
but not enough to extinguish the flames. Catalytic stoves have
special requirements but when operated properly these too should
have no smoke except for a few minutes at startup. Do not overload your stove and
most importantly: For more information check out the
following websites:
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