- Apr 4, 2007
- 83
Today I got home from work with only hot coals as normal. I throw in 2 small splits to get it going. Normal too. Usually, within 3 or 4 minutes, we have ignition. Today.......not yet, I wait a little longer, still nothing. Crack the side door, presto....Ignition. Close the door, within minutes......no visual flame. Open the door.....presto! Ignition. The air was all the way open, it is 26 degrees outside, I never have a draft problem, and today I can't get this fire going.
Started to check things out and found that I had a coal stuck in the air inlet in the dog house. I know this has to sound odd, but I knocked that out and had no problem with the fire starting. I don't know how the heck a chunk of coal could get stuck in there. I would have thought that it would have burned up from the air blowing on it.
At any rate, maybe this will help someone from taking an hour and a half to get their fire to take off. :roll:
Started to check things out and found that I had a coal stuck in the air inlet in the dog house. I know this has to sound odd, but I knocked that out and had no problem with the fire starting. I don't know how the heck a chunk of coal could get stuck in there. I would have thought that it would have burned up from the air blowing on it.
At any rate, maybe this will help someone from taking an hour and a half to get their fire to take off. :roll:
