This way you'll never have a stinky fireplace again

Of course, it's not good for the world, but sitting by a fireplace every now and then I find a rare coziness, especially now that it’s getting dark outside. I visited a fireplace specialist to put a glass plate in front of the fireplace so that the fire gives off more heat in your living room and you don’t have to turn on the heating. Moreover, you use your wood much longer (six times longer) and have less emissions, so that’s all nice. But what this gentleman also told me is that ‘we’ (at least I do) all build our fireplace incorrectly. I always first make a little tower of small kindling with a fire starter on top, and when that burns a bit, I come in with the larger logs.

Completely wrong. What turns out? You first lay down the large logs, build a little grate of kindling on top of that, and as a finishing touch on top, a fire starter that you light. This way, the smoke goes up through the flame and the flame eliminates the smoke smell. It can be that simple in life.

So enjoy and burn in moderation.