Within minutes of starting my stove igniting with the top down method! My fisher was the same way! It has changed the way I start my fires!
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Many people prefer the top down method. Personally I can not get it to work. I think it is due to a higher than desired MC in my wood.
Andrew
Andrew
I will say my wood is kept under a lean to. ...but I do not believe it is ideal MC, although I have no MM, it had not been split more than a 6-8 months.
Than my top down method really sucks! Lol.
I'll still with my cross cross old school method
I criss cross, largest on the bottom, then medium, then kindling! Seems to work so far.
I have just started this method about two weeks ago. So far in all three wood stoves it works great!
Squisher
Minister of Fire
Yup. I've burned wood for heat my whole life and have never done a topdown start until this season and it's all I ever do now. No fuss, no babysitting. If it's not working for you, to me it would seem it's not being executed properly or something is out of whack with either the system or the ingredients.
I don't lay paper on top, I put my two normal size splits and then my two smaller splits and then pack just enough paper in to ignite the kindling. Then I place nine pieces of kindling in three rows of three on top. Light it and easily within a minute I'm closing the door and the fire is lit and good to go for hours.
For me I can't believe I never knew of this before. Thank you interwebs and Hearth and members. I can watch temperature changes almost immediately and on my stove as soon as the door is opened temps drop. So closing that door as soon as possible and not having to re-open it makes for the quickest most efficient starts.
I don't lay paper on top, I put my two normal size splits and then my two smaller splits and then pack just enough paper in to ignite the kindling. Then I place nine pieces of kindling in three rows of three on top. Light it and easily within a minute I'm closing the door and the fire is lit and good to go for hours.
For me I can't believe I never knew of this before. Thank you interwebs and Hearth and members. I can watch temperature changes almost immediately and on my stove as soon as the door is opened temps drop. So closing that door as soon as possible and not having to re-open it makes for the quickest most efficient starts.
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