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 20 hours ago 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 .  

[Big Cat]

I put half a bucket of coal on.

[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.

 

[Big Cat]

11 hours ago, Stubby said:

Mine is a wood only . It has no grate .

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