looks like fireworks?

[trailblaze]

ok, when i go to stoke the stove after an everburn the remaining coals/ ambers start exploding in sparks!! it looks like i threw a box of sparklers in there! it blows little sparks sometimes 4-5 feet out the door....they go zipping in every direction, but burn out almost instantly when they land, i mean theres like dozens of them flying at a time

whats the cause of this?

 

[Jags]

Are you by chance burning osage?

 

[trailblaze]

i have no clue.... it's got to be what ever type of split i put in there.... it doesn't do it all the time

but when it does, LOOK OUT

 

[meathead]

I've had that happen a lot this fall- and last night at a friend's house I watched it happen to him on a load of nothing but maple. My only thought is maybe it is some kind of fungus that is doing it? It's always happened from time to time but it does seem to be more frequent this year.

 

[skinnykid]

happens to me, I burn mostly Oak and Birch<---of all colors.

 

[GaryS]

I get bad sparks with hickory.

Never tried burning osage even though there is a lot of it around my house. Might be interesting to try a piece.

 

[trailblaze]

it's kind of entertaining.... the dog tries to eat the sparks though

 

[fattyfat1]

mine does that with maple, i think its because on a low burn, you are starving the wood/coals for air, then when the door opens, air rushes in and the pores of the wood pop suddenly producing your fireworks. i will open the door but leave it adjar for a minute so the air can pop the sparks, then load. seems even if i do this sometimes i rake the coals to the front and it starts sparking again. hopefully someone has a better description than me and can describe it a little better.

 

[Jags]

^^^^^^I'll buy that.

 

[meathead]

Woah woah woah fattyfat1 - that is way too downright logical an explanation. I say magic spark producing fungus that can't stand being contained in the stove and makes a run for it when you open the door.

 

[ansehnlich1]

Nah, you ALL are wrong.

It's been rumored that the culprit is none other than TERMITE TURDS %-P

been discussed at length here....

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/28311/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/13802/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/16980/

 

[trailblaze]

wow...it goes from.... turds, magic spark producing fungi, and pores of wood that pop suddenly producing fireworks

i love this site

 

[kenny chaos]

I thought it was called combustion but maybe it's turds.

 

[trailblaze]

FTW! magical pores of combustive fire turds

 

[kenny chaos]

magic fire turds - there's a new product in there somewhere lol

Turd arrestors?

 

[meathead]

magic fire turds - there's a new product in there somewhere lol

Nah, mexican restaurant across town beat you to it - they already have an assembly line rolling, they call it a "kitchen".