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Clean-burning Tips

1. Make sure firewood is clean, seasoned and dry before burning it. Unseasoned wood smolders and creates additional emissions. Using wood like Oak, Madrone, Hickory or Elm are preferred. They are known to produce a longer-lasting fire and reduce creosote build-up. Fruit trees tend to be a good clean hard wood to burn as well.

2. Never burn trash, magazines, newspapers, plastics or other materials not designed to burn in fireplaces or stoves. Doing this is illegal and hazardous. You can be reported!!!

3. Replace old solid fuel-burning equipment with cleaner EPA certified or pellet-fueled devices. Or install natural gas or propane devices, which are more efficient by design as well.

4. For ambience, an occasional fire log is reccomended other than burning wood. Dura-flame products are not suggested, and are not clean burning! They are made from parifin wax which is a petroleum based product. “Java” logs are not made from this, and burn a lot more efficiently, as well as provide an aromatic “coffee” smell as oposed to the Dura-flame smell.

5. Please, have your chimney cleaned yearly, per each cord of wood burned.

Following these guidelines helps to prevent chimney fires, helps the unit run efficiently, and to prevent a possible ban on woodburning in our area.