- Oct 3, 2007
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Does anyone else get little "cluster bomb" type explosions when they open the door of their stove? There's nothing quite like opening the door of the furnace at 6:00 AM, still shaking off the sleep and being greeted by tiny glowing embers that shoot off of a charred split and then burst in mid-air sending a shower of sparks into my lap like a mini 4th of July display. I am assuming that it's primarily a function of the wood being very hot, but not receiving much oxygen (air control open about a 1/4) and then being flooded with oxygen when the door is opened, but I can't figure out whether or not the type of wood has anything to do with it. Due to my scrounging habit my piles are a mish-mash of whatever I find on the side of the road. It's not so much a concern but rather a curiosity as my furnace is in the basement and surrounded by concrete, but since these little suckers have flown in excess of 2 feet on occasion I could imagine them giving living room stove owners fits.