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Noggin wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 6:39 pm Not the best video and the paper is very cold, possibly damp so didn't catch fire very well, but there was a bit of smoke!!

Only a very little bit, but it did mostly seem to go up, so that's good, right ??

As long as it's disappearing up the the flue, you're good.

I can't advise further on starting fires but if you need someone to walk around in it once it's properly lit..

Nogs last night.

Got the jumper yet?

The Martian wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 7:06 am I can't advise further on starting fires but if you need someone to walk around in it once it's properly lit..

Not sure you'll fit in the fire, but it'd be hysterical watching you try


@gremlin - tonight is fire night!! If I'm not too knackered when I get home

Will update later

Let's have a sweepstake?

What time will the Fire Brigade arrive?

I'll have a tenner on 7 O'clock.

Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 1:28 pm Let's have a sweepstake?

What time will the Fire Brigade arrive?

I'll have a tenner on 7 O'clock.

I don't get home till about 7pm - gimme time to at least attempt to start the fire

Well, it seems to be going well - and it is chucking out a good amount of heat! I nearly didn't do the fire tonight as not been a good week and definitely not a good end of the day, but I'm glad I did

Will be looking for a reasonable sized and priced wood delivery in a week or so (and someone to help me stack the wood!!)

Just so you are not the only one
Setting up open fire...

Getting going:)

Does the hot water too...eventually:)

Fire hound is baking himself(again)

Stereo fire hounds tonight.

Still going...
It's actually not that cold here, no snow yet just rain and more rain, but SCD is on and protocol says fire is lit:)

Sanitary towels dipped in petrol make excellent firelighters.

Bigjawa wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 6:30 pm Sanitary towels dipped in petrol make excellent firelighters.

I don't even want to know how you found that out!! (Not that I'd have any of them anyway!)

Noggin wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 6:37 pm

Bigjawa wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 6:30 pm Sanitary towels dipped in petrol make excellent firelighters.

I don't even want to know how you found that out!! (Not that I'd have any of them anyway!)

It's basically doing what it's designed to do, albeit with an accelerant. Plus they're made of flammable material.

Just an idea that occurred to me during a rained out camping trip in the country when it was proving hard to get the fire lit. Luckily my tentmate always came prepared for every eventuality and the bike was full of unleaded.

Cotton balls soaked in wax or vaseline work just as well

Be careful with the petrol idea - light it immediately after soaking it. Otherwise the petrol vaporises and a spark will surround you with a fireball.
A mate did this - used petrol to light a bonfire, which “he’d always done”. Poured it on, then his phone rang and it was a couple of minutes before he lit it. He survived but was very badly burned.

Actually I think it’s a silly idea anyway.

OTOH, it's probably best not to light them at all....

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