Ordinary_Guitar_5074 t1_ite8s1t wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:49 PM

Reply to comment by LookingM4FnearUCONN in How do I start a fireplace and not smoke? by LookingM4FnearUCONN

That fireplace might not be meant for a wood fire. In those days it was common to burn coal in a fireplace and the fireplace was constructed just for that purpose. They were very shallow fireplaces. Is your’s very shallow? I mean can a human fit inside if they crouched real small? If not it may just not be meant for burning wood.

LookingM4FnearUCONN OP t1_ite97ds wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:52 PM

I thought it was a little shallow but it’s not deep like the huge houses on tv. But a fire log rack? Fits in there

Ordinary_Guitar_5074 t1_ite9dhh wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:54 PM

Yeah. But just barely right?

LookingM4FnearUCONN OP t1_ite9u3j wrote on October 22, 2022 at 11:57 PM

No a good 4 inches on both ends and 2 front and back? Idk if that is barely?

Ordinary_Guitar_5074 t1_itea4h2 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Yeah. I think you may have a coal fireplace. Good news and bad news in this article. But my guess is that it wasn’t designed for the size fore you are trying to use it for and so the chimney is simply overwhelmed.

https://www.victorianfireplaceshop.com/can-you-burn-wood-in-a-coal-fireplace

LookingM4FnearUCONN OP t1_itedim4 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:26 AM

Definitely not that small. 2 to 3 times as wide as that

Ordinary_Guitar_5074 t1_itegiv7 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:50 AM

Post a picture. I’m no expert but I lived in a house that had three of them.

LookingM4FnearUCONN OP t1_itehwis wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:01 AM

It’s two fireplaces connected in a. L if that helps

Not sure how to post a pic here