It worked well, and Dad managed to mostly burn through two big pieces of petrified wood that were left by the previous owners. However, using the fireplace makes the whole house smoky-smelling, for, like, days. And since I associate the smell of smoke with morning sickness and smog chamber experiments at a previous university, we have a problem (well, I have a problem). I hope that there is some leak-fixit that can be done to the chimney. Another item on our long list of projects.But it was quite cozy, as you can see from my view, sitting in the rocking chair next the fireplace.
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My fireplace smells smoky too, but in a good way (I think). The only time it was really bad was one day when there was a bad draft and smoke came into the living room for 2-3 minutes before the fire took off.
Can you see smoke coming into the living room when the fire is going?
-Ben
Nope, no smog in the living room.
You're right though, it could be smoke seeping back in the house from outside. Maybe there wasn't good loft that day, and the smog came back in the gaps?
sheesh, I wrote smog twice instead of smoke in that last comment--even on Christmas Eve, I have research on the brain!
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