Recommendations For Safe Use Of Wood-burning Fireplaces

During the cold winter months, an excellent way to way with your family is a fireplace. Wood burning fireplaces are affordable and thermally efficient, making them an excellent source of indoor heating. However, wood burning fireplaces need to be used correctly or they can pose a significant risk, and today we're sharing some of the safety hazards of wood burning fireplaces.

1. Preventive maintenance: This is an extremely important point. You need to check your real fire wood burning fireplace regularly every year. After seven or eight years of use, you need to learn how to check it yourself. Regular inspections are a great way to make sure that house fires are not caused by ash or creosote buildup; as many of these common causes of fire accidents.
2 Proper equipment use and protection: there are many fireplaces with wood burning stove equipment that can be used in front of a fireplace that is working. A guard can be purchased at your local supplier's store to block possible sparks from splashing onto carpeting, curtains, and even your own clothing.
3. Turn on the fireplace properly: Use only dry wood or charcoal in the hearth.
4. Keep children away: Don't leave small children unsupervised around an open fireplace wood burning stove, small children are very curious or they may get burned if they get too close and sparks jump on them.
5. Safe wood burning: try not to use green or damp wood. These can produce a lot of smoke in the house as well as toxic fumes and can produce creosote to the chimney.
Try using good quality wood that is well dried. This works well for real fireplace burning cleanliness.