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Just a hundred years ago (and the ten thousand years before that) operating a fireplace was basic common knowledge. Then we saw the advent of central air conditioning and heating, and operating a fire in the house lost vogue.
Over the past 20 years or so, fireplaces have made a come-back in US housebuilding. For no other reason than people like them. Unfortunately, the common sense of how to use one has been lost to the ages. Especially in the yuppie twitville that is my fire & ambulance district.
Keep the chimney and fire place clean. This prevents flue fires.
Learn how to operate the damper. This helps the smoke go up and out instead of filling your house.
It might seem clever, but is in fact a terrible idea to burn all that used present wrapping paper in the fireplace. It doesn't turn to ash fast enough. It goes up the chimney and out on your roof and lawn - still burning. If you've had dry weather, your roof and lawn can catch fire.
I have a proposal. Any man who doesn't know how to use a fireplace, and causes a fire due to his own stupidity, you should have a mandatory enforced sex change operation.
Merry Christmas to all who understand the extraordinarily complex task of burning wood safely.
To the rest of you, for a pleasant change, why don't you set yourselves on fire?
Over the past 20 years or so, fireplaces have made a come-back in US housebuilding. For no other reason than people like them. Unfortunately, the common sense of how to use one has been lost to the ages. Especially in the yuppie twitville that is my fire & ambulance district.
Keep the chimney and fire place clean. This prevents flue fires.
Learn how to operate the damper. This helps the smoke go up and out instead of filling your house.
It might seem clever, but is in fact a terrible idea to burn all that used present wrapping paper in the fireplace. It doesn't turn to ash fast enough. It goes up the chimney and out on your roof and lawn - still burning. If you've had dry weather, your roof and lawn can catch fire.
I have a proposal. Any man who doesn't know how to use a fireplace, and causes a fire due to his own stupidity, you should have a mandatory enforced sex change operation.
Merry Christmas to all who understand the extraordinarily complex task of burning wood safely.
To the rest of you, for a pleasant change, why don't you set yourselves on fire?
