99 of the time your fireplace doors should be open when you are burning a fire.
Wood burning stove doors open or closed.
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Wood burns best with a good bed of ash laid down in the bottom of the stove and an air supply from the top.
Most wood burning stoves and multi fuel stoves have a bottom air vent and a top air vent.
Wood loaded in the back of the stove is more likely to stop smoke coming out of the wood burning stove when the door is open.
Fire master dave pullen from the new zealand home heating association talks us through what might be happening when you open your wood burner door and smok.
And in most stoves it s better to close the door as soon as possible.
Crack the door before opening.
In the off chance you have.
Edward bulmer a herefordshire based interior designer with his own range of paints is currently replacing an old boiler in the office and replacing it with a wood burning stove.
Ceramic glass doors a masonry fireplace and do not care about any heat coming into your room then it is ok to burn a fire with your glass doors closed.
With the door closed your stove is up to 60 more efficient than if you have the door open.
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Something that often causes confusion among wood burning stove newcomers is the door.
Using a wood burning stove with the door open.
When you first crack the door of your stove the airflow inside your stove changes.
The reason is quite simple.
Before opening the door completely.
When lighting your stove open both air vents fully.
Although expensive wood stoves help resolve the issue of most of the heat from a wood burning fireplace being lost up the chimney.
The short answer is closed.
Should it be open.
Stoves burn more efficiently than open fires but neither is frankly eco friendly as they emit more co2 than gas he says.