how do you start your fires?

[Cristatus]

we moved into a house during the beginning of this year, and it has two fireplaces. we decided to use the one in our hall yesterday.

we started our fire by placing the woods in the shape of a teepee, and place a pice of camphor at the bottom, and another somewhere else in there. this got the camphor started, and once the wood was hot enough, it started burning as well.


how do you start yours?

 

[desteffy]

we have a stack of old newspaper. Just rip some up into shreads when you want to start a fire and put some small pieces of wood on top of it with a bigger log on top of that, all stacked so there is plenty of air and space under there for the newspaper to burn. It works great.

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: desteffy
we have a stack of old newspaper. Just rip some up into shreads when you want to start a fire and put some small pieces of wood on top of it with a bigger log on top of that, all stacked so there is plenty of air and space under there for the newspaper to burn. It works great.

Yup, that's exactly how we do it too. We've got a metal grate that elevates the fire ~6in from the bottom of the fireplace.

 

[FoBoT]

gas fireplace, flip the switch on the wall

probably not what you are looking for

 

[thegimp03]

match -> newspaper -> kindling wood -> big log

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
match -> newspaper -> kindling wood -> big log

yea basically

and if im lazy i put in a little chunk of FIRE LOG gets it going real fast

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
match -> newspaper -> kindling wood -> big log

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
gas fireplace, flip the switch on the wall

probably not what you are looking for

Same here, but with a Thermostat Gas Log Fireplace Remote Control. Buy those and quit screwing with messy, bug riddled logs that send your expensive heat out the chimney.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

stack 'o' wood with bottom log covered in gas. dip twig in gas, light, throw flaming twig at stack 'o' wood from a safe distance

 

[Pepsi90919]

i invite people to die in them at parties. it helps break the ice. and melt it, too.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: desteffy
we have a stack of old newspaper. Just rip some up into shreads when you want to start a fire and put some small pieces of wood on top of it with a bigger log on top of that, all stacked so there is plenty of air and space under there for the newspaper to burn. It works great.

Yup, that's exactly how we do it too. We've got a metal grate that elevates the fire ~6in from the bottom of the fireplace.

I think that's a pretty standard way to do it. I knoww it's how we do it at my house.

 

[amol]

gas fireplace, we have long matches that we keep there

place it in front of the gas pipe entry thingy (?????) and EVER SO SLIGHTLY turn on the gas

we get a little flame and then turn it up AFTER WE TAKE OUR HAND OUT

otherwise, i'd be in the darwin awards

 

[JonnyStarks]

Whiskey

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: JonnyStarks
Whiskey

that works too.

 

[Colt45]

gas.

 

[nageov3t]

gasoline + abandoned house + match

jk

 

[TitanDiddly]

http://www.geocities.com/ddayc...ssler/flamethrower.jpg

 

[Cristatus]

doesn't anybody use the camphor method? i mean, isn't it better to recycle the papers, and use the camphor instead?

 

[toant103]

remote control or a switch on the wall

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Switch on a wall.

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[ActuaryTm]

Pinecones. Nature's lighter fluid.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: desteffy
we have a stack of old newspaper. Just rip some up into shreads when you want to start a fire and put some small pieces of wood on top of it with a bigger log on top of that, all stacked so there is plenty of air and space under there for the newspaper to burn. It works great.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I just use a blow torch.

 

[LtPage1]

kindling/newspaper under logs + match= teh win.

 

[jagec]

Tin can with gasoline that sits under the grate with stacked wood.

Now tell me how this is safe.