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I just came across this post when searching the "fire starter" subject and come across some interesting stuff about making your own fire starters. I'll try some of these after I have some experience with store bought ones, so I know what to compare them to. ( https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/24261/ )
I also came across this thread in which most seem to like the super-cedars. ( https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/23622/ )
I though for 65.00 I'd go ahead and just ordered the super-cedars to try and though I'd ask about the others....
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NOTE: I personally have just bought my first wood stove. I got the Quadra Fire 4300 to heat aprox a 1600 sqf home. Basically a rancher with a basement, 1/2 up top, 1/2 on the bottom below ground. The basement was not part of the forced air loop and is friggin' freezing in the winter. (old oil heater) My home has basically no insulation, other than the attic. It's block & 2x4 construction. I hope I bought the right stove. (?) My brother heats a 3500 sqf home in wester PA with a quad 5700 and has had nothing but good things to say about his stove, which is why I went this way with my purchase.
Anyway: I work with a guy who swears by the grizfire.com firestarters, but a search here, brings back no results. Does no one use them or are they so new that no one has heard of them?
I just came across this post when searching the "fire starter" subject and come across some interesting stuff about making your own fire starters. I'll try some of these after I have some experience with store bought ones, so I know what to compare them to. ( https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/24261/ )
I also came across this thread in which most seem to like the super-cedars. ( https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/23622/ )
I though for 65.00 I'd go ahead and just ordered the super-cedars to try and though I'd ask about the others....
2)
NOTE: I personally have just bought my first wood stove. I got the Quadra Fire 4300 to heat aprox a 1600 sqf home. Basically a rancher with a basement, 1/2 up top, 1/2 on the bottom below ground. The basement was not part of the forced air loop and is friggin' freezing in the winter. (old oil heater) My home has basically no insulation, other than the attic. It's block & 2x4 construction. I hope I bought the right stove. (?) My brother heats a 3500 sqf home in wester PA with a quad 5700 and has had nothing but good things to say about his stove, which is why I went this way with my purchase.
Anyway: I work with a guy who swears by the grizfire.com firestarters, but a search here, brings back no results. Does no one use them or are they so new that no one has heard of them?
