Warm, crackling, cozy fires might be the last thing on your mind in the middle of summer, but summer is actually the best time to start thinking about how you will fuel your wood-burning fireplace. All of the firewood you burn should be properly seasoned; that is,...
If you have an open-hearth wood-burning fireplace, your hearth provides more ambiance than heat. In fact, 90 percent of the heat from an open-hearth fireplace travels up the chimney. At the same time, the fireplace draws in warm air from your room to fuel the flames,...
A good fire needs good firewood. That means dry, seasoned firewood that has been cut to size for your fireplace. If you’ve spent your spring and summer prepping firewood for your fireplace or woodstove, or if you’ve had a winter’s worth of wood delivered, you will...
