How to Maintain a Fire | Cutting Edge Firewood

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If you're looking to enjoy a great fireside experience, then we can help! Not only do we provide the best firewood available, we also love to share our expertise around fire and firewood. Purchase the firewood supplies seen in this video at www.cuttingedgefirewood.com/c...
Ever wanted to know how to make your firewood last longer? In this video Evan Forester provides practical advice and guidance on maintaining a great fire. If you want to enjoy a fire for hours at a time, there are some easy ways to do that. Remember, every good fire needs fuel, oxygen, and heat. Getting the right balance of those is key!
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  • @deeh5048
    @deeh50483 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! So helpful, thank you!!!

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @gtsport3881
    @gtsport38813 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ! 👍

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @benaycock1646
    @benaycock16463 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks!

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @gatorwoman71-the-real-one
    @gatorwoman71-the-real-one Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Two questions: 1) Do you need to crack a window near the fireplace to help create pressure that draws the air up the chimney? A friend who knows her stuff told me that. 2) How do you let the fire die down safely? I'm paranoid about going to sleep if there are any glowing embers. My fiend said not to spritz the embers with water but I don't feel safe having anything smoldering. Thanks!

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    Great questions! For the first one, it depends. Generally it is not necessary to leave a window cracked. If you find that your chimney is not drawing well, there could be 3 reasons. - bad quality firewood, your home is crazy good insulated or the fireplace wasn't built/designed well. For the first one, buy Cutting Edge Firewood!! For the second one, crack the window. For the 3rd, buy Cutting Edge Firewood, maybe crack a window and if that doesn't work, then have someone inspect the fireplace. For the 2nd question- generally it's considered completely safe leaving glowing embers in a fireplace. Make sure to have a fireplace screen in front of the fire and have anything combustible away from the fireplace. The fireplace is of course designed to have a fire in it, so as long as it was properly built and is inspected at least once/year it should be perfectly safe.

  • @chasebrockphoto
    @chasebrockphoto Жыл бұрын

    Bought a half Rick and it still seems very wet, any advice on how to dry out the logs? Thanks for the video!

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Chase! That's a terrible experience. I'm sorry! Of course we might be biased, but we think you should just buy wood from us. Other then that stack the wood in a dry place, preferably a shack, barn or garage. But beware, because it isn't kiln dried, it could come with pests!

  • @sum1sw
    @sum1sw2 жыл бұрын

    How long will 4 or 5 well stacked and spaced logs last?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are a lot of variables, if these are 5 Cutting Edge Firewood standard size logs that are used, starting with three and then adding 1 log when needed to keep the fire going, you could get these to last 2 hours, but if you put them all on at once and have a nice roaring fire, you are probably looking at 45 minutes to an hour. Thank you for the question!

  • @kl2633
    @kl2633 Жыл бұрын

    How many hours should I expect from a 4 log fire like the one you did? I’m lucky if I get an hour and a half.

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey KL, there are a lot of variables with this question. If the wood is seasoned, it won't last as long, because some of the wood has turned to dirt (rotted), also different species last different amounts of time. Also different size logs last different amounts of time. Also green wood may seem like it burns longer, but that is just because it takes longer to light. Some say wood with some moisture in it burns longer, but that's not true, it just takes longer to start. By their logic, a rock would burn forever. But yes, once the wood has started burning 1.5- 2 hours for 4 logs the size of the fire above sounds about right.

  • @brandonrox221

    @brandonrox221

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@cuttingedgefirewoodseasoned wood last longer than regular. Burns hotter as well. Old wood would rot. If seasoned properly and stored properly then it's the way to go

  • @ChefDre_
    @ChefDre_2 жыл бұрын

    Do you keep the chimney chute open all the way thru burn ?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @PrettyGoodLookin

    @PrettyGoodLookin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes ! Leave the flew open for two days after the fire.

  • @logansfury
    @logansfury Жыл бұрын

    I have been getting maybe 30 minutes of good flame out of 4-5 log fires, following the steps here for placing kindling and stacking logs. I don't use cutting edge products, I purchase bundles of firewood at my local Home Depot and split my smaller pieces into kindling. I dont have those retail starters, I just wet my kindling and wood with charcoal lighter fluid. I note that in the intro to this video you state that you will explain how to maintain a fire for 2-4 hours, but it seemed you never clearly explained how to do this. Was the fire featured in the video going for over an hour or more? There were no timestamps as you tended it to give any sense of how long it had been burning. Could you perhaps do a follow up video specifically about keeping a fire going for 2+ hours? EDIT: I rewatched this and realized I was separating my 2 bottom logs too far apart, at the extreme ends of my grate, and that I was using rather small kindling. I just set up a 3 log fire in which the 2 base logs were 1.5 - 2" apart and my kindling pieces were much larger and the flames have been good for 45 minutes. I believe if I were to add a 4th log I could get at least another 30-40 minutes out of it. Is the 3-4 hour lifespan fire just a matter of tending to the fire every 30-60 minutes and adding more logs?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad the fire was helpful! While Cutting Edge Firewood will last much longer than other firewood (it has no rot), yes, you can just add more firewood to extend the fire. Also larger pieces will burn longer although if there is too much moisture, the larger pieces will be difficult to catch on fire.

  • @Voodoo.77
    @Voodoo.772 жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the iron stick?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    S&S fire pits

  • @logansfury

    @logansfury

    Жыл бұрын

    I noticed that custom poker too! I googled Cutting Edge's response "S&S fire pits" and found their main page, which was really well laid out and guided me easily to their accessory fire pokers. They sell 7 different design styles! I bought a Basket Weave design for myself, and when I asked thru the website's help-chat about the best way to repaint it from grey to black to match my existing fireplace hardware, Andy at S&S offered to custom paint one before shipping it out to me. He charged nothing for this extra service. I love this fire poker! At 46" long it lets me stoke just about any size fire comfortably. This baby definitely comes along on all camping trips!

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    @@logansfury We love S&S Fire Pits!

  • @Itsme-vo4fx
    @Itsme-vo4fx Жыл бұрын

    Did you preheat the chimney?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    We did not preheat the chimney! With Cutting Edge Firewood, it isn't necessary - our Firewood burns hotter and cleaner, so there is less smoke and better chimney draw.

  • @snoogans2010
    @snoogans201018 күн бұрын

    Are it’s an important tree lots of old coal not a lot of hickory

  • @mikeg3888
    @mikeg38889 ай бұрын

    Young Ben Affleck really knows his fires

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    9 ай бұрын

    💯

  • @jacklinton5370
    @jacklinton53702 жыл бұрын

    What if you dip the logs in oil?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    2 жыл бұрын

    Then you will have dark, thick smoke and everything will smell awful.

  • @jacklinton5370

    @jacklinton5370

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cuttingedgefirewood thanks for the reply. Well I certainly will not do that. I’m from australia where it’s winter here and my wood is a little damp so I was trying to figure out how to counteract that. But nevertheless I used your method and my fireplace going well.

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jacklinton5370 Glad we could help! Good luck!

  • @leighandjanellejones3368
    @leighandjanellejones33682 күн бұрын

    Do You Ship Wood To Australia?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Күн бұрын

    We unfortunately do not. (Maybe in the future!) We're able to ship anywhere in the continental US, so if you wanted to order from us, we could ship to any US ports. You would then have to coordinate shipping from there.

  • @John83118
    @John831187 ай бұрын

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  • @happycamper2976
    @happycamper29762 жыл бұрын

    good hard woods no pine

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    2 жыл бұрын

    💯

  • @siamromuana360
    @siamromuana360 Жыл бұрын

    These days why nobody used wood fireplace ? Is the smoke make it room darty and dark ? And is there any exhaust fan in the chimney ?

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    Our wood burns hotter, longer, and cleaner! It creates significantly less smoke, and while an exhaust fan may still be a good idea for a poorly designed fireplace, our wood greatly helps relieve the issue that causes the need for an exhaust fan.

  • @siamromuana360

    @siamromuana360

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cuttingedgefirewood thanks for your reply , I'm living in a village we used firewood for cooking still today both with a gas , but no-one have an American style fireplace so in my new home I want it that why I I'm studying about

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    @@siamromuana360 Absolutely! Please let us know if you have any other questions. We would be happy to assist.

  • @prasoonsameeran7357
    @prasoonsameeran73572 жыл бұрын

    You look like shaved Scott Adkins:)

  • @snoogans2010
    @snoogans201018 күн бұрын

    Hi Kerry is expensive and should not be used for fire

  • @cuttingedgefirewood
    @cuttingedgefirewood2 жыл бұрын

    www.cuttingedgefirewood.com/

  • @coneil72
    @coneil72 Жыл бұрын

    Good video, but frustrating that there are no specific references to time. Even if there are variables, it helps to have SOMETHING as a baseline when learning this process.

  • @cuttingedgefirewood

    @cuttingedgefirewood

    Жыл бұрын

    great critique! We'll keep in mind. It depends on the wood you are using and how you stack it.

  • @snoogans2010
    @snoogans201018 күн бұрын

    Get coal

  • @earlrussell1026
    @earlrussell10262 жыл бұрын

    You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

  • @iraceruk

    @iraceruk

    2 жыл бұрын

    WTF?! 🤣 Wrong video?

  • @Itsme-vo4fx

    @Itsme-vo4fx

    Жыл бұрын

    What has that got to do with tips on making a good fire? I hear that gay people make the greatest fires, wouldn’t you agree. Or maybe it’s none believers. Who knows?

  • @orlandodavidson6011

    @orlandodavidson6011

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok

  • @jaquellestratton3139

    @jaquellestratton3139

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this comment. I am remembering my grandma while trying to remember how to keep a fire. She was a jehovas witness and would have loved for me to see this comment and reminder ❤

  • @deavyhick6803

    @deavyhick6803

    7 ай бұрын

    Quack. It's make believe and you should go see a doctor.

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