Keeping a fire "in" overnight.

[difflock]

First off to say that our Woodstove runs hot, in that I never throttle back  the incoming draught, I dont need to since said draught is purely due to leaks around the improperly sealed  door.

But, per the post title, the vexed subject of people attempting to keep a woodside burning or smouldering overnight.

Perchance I found the solution, put a solid round dry hardwood log on a bed of dying embers, and  hap it up by placing a glossy magazine in over the top of it.

In the morning  there will be a coating of that white clay filled ash insulating the still hot, but oxygen starved  embers beneath.

Simple, innit.

Edited December 18 by difflock

[sime42]

Thanks to one of Cornwall's finest exports I'll wager.

 

 

[Stubby]

There are embers in mine whatever . No need to do anything other than put a big lump on last thing . Bark side down .  

[Stubby]

16 minutes ago, Big Cat said:

I put half a bucket of coal on.

Mine is a wood only . It has no grate .

[openspaceman]

6 hours ago, difflock said:

Perchance I found the solution, put a solid round dry hardwood log on a bed of dying embers, and  hap it up by placing a glossy magazine in over the top of it.

You need something like this:

 

 

from:https://wordhistories.net/2016/08/22/curfew/

 

Originally  it was probably to prevent house fires while people slept and this cover evolved to make restarting the fire in the morning easier, before matches.

 

[difflock]

Every day is indeed a schoolday OSM.

 

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, Big Cat said:

If a good bed of embers exist half a dozen bits of anthracite won't harm and keep it hot enough to fire up in the morning 

I just put a bit of kindling on and away it goes . Coal burns from the bottom up . Wood burns from the top down , hence no grate .

[roys]

I don’t like to mix my coal and wood fires, as my coal ash and clinkers go on the track and the wood ash goes on the forest floor especially where the rhododendrons have been removed.

[Rob_the_Sparky]

TBH I don't see what is so hard about lighting a fire that makes folks so desperate to keep fires in overnight.  Yes smouldering a fire will keep it in but with wood on the fire it will also lead to flammable deposits in the chimney so why do it?

 

It also seems to vary from wood burner to wood burner.  My father had an 8kW Clearview in his previous houses and that (I guess due to the larger fire box?) would burn longer than the 5kW ones we both now have.

 

Without smouldering, a large hardwood log on the fire will result in hot embers in the ash in the morning if put on late and getting up early but generally I can't be bothered.  Just light it first thing with a still not cold fire/chimney...

[openspaceman]

I guess I de ash my stove about 9 hours after the last log goes on, I prefer the ash and any remaining char to be cold, it can then go straight on the compost.