How to quickly melt the stove if the wood is damp and cold (unpleasant consequences from raw wood)

Owners of stoves and stoves should have dry firewood in stock for lighting. But there are times when you need to melt the stove here and now, and only raw logs are at hand.

Today we will tell you how to quickly melt any stove with such wood and what the consequences may be.

Even now, many people use solid fuel to heat the stove. I have an old stove in my dacha. I am burning with wood. It was not possible to bring firewood and dry it in advance.

It's good that there are dry chips left in the barn. First, I fold the chips with a hut, set them on fire. Then I start stacking raw firewood (first thin, then thick).

I remember my grandfather toldthat he heated the stove with raw wood only in one case: when grandmother was cooking something on the stove. Only first they put birch bark, dry chips, and then raw firewood. The stove was constantly hot. The burning time increased, and this was necessary for cooking food for the whole family.

Raw birch is good because it burns for a long time and the oven heats up not quickly, but gradually. The firewood gradually dries up in layers and flares up. When the stove is heated longer, then the heat is enough for a long time. Bricks in the firebox do not crumble due to rapid heating (like dry wood).

Ways to light the stove with raw and cold wood

1. I do not recommend using kerosene or other rapidly flammable substances. This is dangerous. And sometimes I add vegetable oil to melt the stove. I pour 2-3 tablespoons of rast. oil on the poles.

2. Some advise sprinkling coarse salt (not "Extra") raw firewood in the stove. Then wait 10-15 minutes and set it on fire. Salt helps to release moisture from the wood and the stove ignites faster.

3. I have cotton pads soaked in wax just in case.

I use them when I need to quickly melt the stove. I prepare them like this: I melt a candle in a water bath and use tweezers to dip cotton pads in liquid wax. Then dry it and you can use it.

4. Sometimes I use an empty sunflower oil bottle. I just pour it into a glass, and put the empty container on top of the raw firewood in the stove. The bottle burns very well.

Consequences and solution

When you heat with damp firewood, the walls of the chimney do not warm up, and condensation builds up on them, which mixes with soot. As a result, a dense plaque forms. Such plaque can catch fire.

In addition, the chimney becomes clogged faster and traction is lost. Potato peel perfectly softens soot. Therefore, sometimes I put potato skins in the oven along with the firewood. The released starch helps burn off the soot. But this method is only good for prevention.