What do you use to light your wood burning stove?

[BowlandStoves]

When it comes to wood burning stoves (and multifuel stoves) it seems that everyone has their own technique about lighting them. Some people use firelighters, kindling, paper, etc to assist until the fire takes hold.

 

How do you light your stove?

[Steve Bullman]

firelighters and kindling.  Quickest way

[arboriculturist]

We all need to be thinking ZERO WASTE and doing something about it !

 

Processor screener arisings and used envelopes or paper/cardboard food packaging.

Edited June 28, 2018 by arboriculturist

[Stumpy Grinder]

The contents of my recycling bin are a lot more during the summer months than the winter! I use any cardboard packaging and paper along with normal kindling. I've read that some petroleum based firelighters can help to bung up a relatively cold flue? My mate swears by his plumbers gas torch to get it going prior to closing the door!

I also keep some thinly cut very dry soft wood to get the heat up before putting bigger hardwood stuff in.

SG

[Mick Dempsey]

Firefighters and bits of pallets/fencing etc.

[Stumpy Grinder]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Firefighters and bits of pallets/fencing etc.

Firefighters?!

Sacre Bleu!

[ostosix]

8-10 sheets screwed up newspaper, handful of small sticks, 3-4 smaller pieces as thick as your wrist, once established normal logs on.

I leave plumbers torch to hand for misses if sticks aint ideal but to be fair she's better at it than me.

[gdh]

Screwed up newspaper then kindling (just the small bits from in with the wood).

[jamallio96]

Try dead fluffy gorse, a whiff of a flame and that stuff goes up lovely!

[Guest]

Silver birch bark.