We visited a friend last night. She just got divorced and one of her friends is letting her and her 2 kids live in a "spare" house.
There is a Dutchwest XL in an old stone fireplace. When I got there another guy visitor was feeding starter sticks in like crazy
trying to restart a firebox full that wouldn't stay lit. He managed to get some of the wood to take and had to leave the ash pan door open
the the whole time we were there just to keep some semblance of a fire going.
I didn't butt in but I nonchalantly checked out the wood (that the owner brought her for free). It was probably cut/split a couple of weeks ago.
The "glass" was thick with goo. I looked up the flue. There was a bunch of some type of insulation stuffed up there around the pipe. No blockoff plate and, I assume, slammer install. This woman has no clue about any of this but I couldn't bring myself to tell her not to burn it because she can't afford any other options,
plus, I think the guy that was messing with it would have scoffed and told her it was fine and had me sounding like some know-it-all alarmist.
Hopefully God does indeed protect the ignorant.
There is a Dutchwest XL in an old stone fireplace. When I got there another guy visitor was feeding starter sticks in like crazy
trying to restart a firebox full that wouldn't stay lit. He managed to get some of the wood to take and had to leave the ash pan door open
the the whole time we were there just to keep some semblance of a fire going.
I didn't butt in but I nonchalantly checked out the wood (that the owner brought her for free). It was probably cut/split a couple of weeks ago.
The "glass" was thick with goo. I looked up the flue. There was a bunch of some type of insulation stuffed up there around the pipe. No blockoff plate and, I assume, slammer install. This woman has no clue about any of this but I couldn't bring myself to tell her not to burn it because she can't afford any other options,
plus, I think the guy that was messing with it would have scoffed and told her it was fine and had me sounding like some know-it-all alarmist.
Hopefully God does indeed protect the ignorant.