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Home & Garden > Home & Garden (Other) How to build a fire in a wood stove

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Wood stoves are designed to contain fires with limited air supply and good heat conduction to the surrounding room. Before starting a fire in a wood stove you should make sure it is in good operating condition. If it is the beginning of the heating season and the stove was used extensively the previous year, the stove and flue pipes should be cleaned. Buildup of creosote in the flue pipes can restrict draft and cause a chimney fire. Take the pipes apart and run a chimney brush of the right size through them. Once everything is clean, put the stove and pipes back together and you are ready ...

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