Question for people with a fireplace

[michaels]

Ok I bought some firelogs from Wal-Mart and I have been using these forever, but I noticed just now on the package that it says not to use with anything else. I have always used these firelogs to start a fire and then piled firewood on top of it, is this not right?

 

[SonnyDaze]

I think they just don't want you piling on too much wood with the starter log and then end up with a huge bon fire in your living room.

 

[gamepad]

probably just marketing. i don't see how combining different firewoods would cause any problem.

 

[Specop 007]

I would cut them into (much) smaller peices and use them as starter logs for my logs.

 

[olds]

No offense but if you can't figure this out on your own you have no business building a fire in a dwelling.

 

[CKent]

Those logs are really for an easy, aesthetic fire... like if you're entertaining or something. Touch a match to it and you're done. If you want a real fire, cut them up into starter size pieces as another poster said. Alternatively you can take a hatchet to a piece of dry wood and get a nice pile of kindling for a few minutes' effort.

 

[mrrman]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I think they just don't want you piling on too much wood with the starter log and then end up with a huge bon fire in your living room.

lol

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I think they just don't want you piling on too much wood with the starter log and then end up with a huge bon fire in your living room.

We should just remove the warning labels from everything and let stupididy cure itself.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: illusion88

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
I think they just don't want you piling on too much wood with the starter log and then end up with a huge bon fire in your living room.

We should just remove the warning labels from everything and let stupididy cure itself.

But, but what about the lawyers!

 

[IGBT]

..I have a Lopi wood stove on my hearth and use those for starter and then in goes the oak and cedar. Never a problem.