Are you old enough to smoke.....

Another day another go at the fire.



Boxing clever I left the stove where it is and pulled the throat plate out, thats the steel sheet at the top opf the stove on the inside.


I was greeted with a deluge of debris which was duly shoveled out the door, So far so good, light the fire and see where we go.


No where is the immediate answer. Great palls of smoke rippled out into the room.

Pull the throat plate out and rod the chimney, not the easiest of tasks as the fire was still lit.

Managed to get the throat plate out and tentatively shoved a screwdriver up the pipe.

Not a good plan, A gigantic deluge of debris poured into the firebox. No need to worry about the fire any more, that's totally out now. 

Clear everything away and relight the fire without the throat plate - so far so good. It's burning, the place is not full to the brim with smoke and it might even be a little bit warmer in there.

So far so good.


R