Good day everybody,
As a newbie, I pay extra close attention to small details that might make some wood heating experts sigh.. but I guess that this is how we learn![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
I have noticed last evening, starting a fire from cold, that as the kindling ignited good and started to warm up the firebox - the lower splits (which are always my bigger splits) in a top-down fire setup started to smoke despite that the fire hasn’t reached them yet and that my wood is fairly dry (an average of 11-14% moisture content by testing with a common moisture meter).
What is this smoke? What does it mean?
Why does it smoke like that?
On another note, could it be cause of the bark? I have always wondered if it is better to strip the bark or leave it as is.
I have attached a photo of that, to make it easier to understand what I am referring to.
Any information or tips are as always highly appreciated.
Thank you![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
As a newbie, I pay extra close attention to small details that might make some wood heating experts sigh.. but I guess that this is how we learn
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
I have noticed last evening, starting a fire from cold, that as the kindling ignited good and started to warm up the firebox - the lower splits (which are always my bigger splits) in a top-down fire setup started to smoke despite that the fire hasn’t reached them yet and that my wood is fairly dry (an average of 11-14% moisture content by testing with a common moisture meter).
What is this smoke? What does it mean?
Why does it smoke like that?
On another note, could it be cause of the bark? I have always wondered if it is better to strip the bark or leave it as is.
I have attached a photo of that, to make it easier to understand what I am referring to.
Any information or tips are as always highly appreciated.
Thank you
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
![Starting a fire from cold and smoke coming out of splits Starting a fire from cold and smoke coming out of splits](/talk/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20190929%2F7d0dbfe03cded57fa1083d5dca1814ab.jpg&hash=f2f4773b2295de3062dcb41294547191)