Top Down Fire starting for wood stoves 

wood burning stoves are worth there weight in gold...when the power is out and you are cold...

Nicely done! Come on baby light my fire 😊

I thought to check out your page and this was the first video that caught my eye remembering the hippies that came to Alaska in their back to the land movement in the 70's. One of the things that made me popular among them was my ability to always get a wood stove fired up. You have a very pleasant manner and I'll be watching more of your videos.

That is so counterintuitive to me! But I know people wo do the top down burn on camp fires and in hobo stoves. One of these days I'll try it!

Milkmaid knows stuff

thats cool way of doing it i always started a small fire then added bigger pieces

Hi Milkmaid, if you throw a handful of salt with iodine in it, it keeps the creosote from building inside the pipe. Every 10 or 15 fires worked for me. Nice video lady 👍😀

Very nice job. Thank you.

Not bad. I’ve done it the other way all my life. Works for me. There’s no wrong way unless the fire goes out. We don’t use soft woods in our stove though. Soft woods creosote up your chimney faster. Not a problem as long as you keep an eye on it. Chimney fires aren’t anything to mess around with. Nice job on the fire. 👍👍

Interesting concept that I’ve used in a similar manner when I have a cold flu & chimney and I’m having difficulty getting the coal stove started. If you build a bottom up fire, just don’t let your ash stick out. 🤣

I've heated with wood for over 50 years and a few years back I changed to top down fires. They take off a lot quicker.

BOOOoom!!!! in one video @The Milkmaid, destroys that whole narrative how "Skinny chicks can't keep you warm in the winter!" LOL!!! JK Very Awesome Idea!! I usually just pour gas on everything, light it then hobble away at a brisk pace as it goes..."WHooooom!" and Lights up the ground and everything! Keep them teaching videos ah'comin!!!

Great video. That stove can be a life saver. Hope you had a great Christmas. Keep prepping and keep your powder dry.

Gorgeous hardwood flooring! Great video, too. Oh, what’s in the pot?? Yes I’m being nosey! You’re gonna have to change your RU-vid handle to Fire Marshal Milk! 🤣

looks like "Jenga" 😁

That was interesting. I've never started a fire that way, and I've been burning wood or coal, most of my life....

I can’t believe you played in that stove and your hands are spotless clean.

A warm fire. I dig that stove. So this is the top down method? Awesome. Thank you Milkmaid. Hope y'all had a Merry Christmas.

Thats a nice stove !👍

This time of the year credit cards make great kindling as well.

That’s cool, I’ve never done it that way, I’ll have to try it!

Thanks Milkmaid, appreciate your videos.

Smuckers peanut butter jar! You have a beautiful floor, Milkmaid. Lovely to see you, sweetie.

I use top down fire start because it makes less smoke. I also burn a lot of well seasoned eastern white pine. It's fine to burn as long as it is well seasoned. Major disadvantage is how fast it burns -you end up loading the stove a lot. Helps me save my good wood for over night burn and colder weather. In warmer weather the pine is good for a short burn just to take the chill off. I also have an awful lot of it so I use it as much as I can. Get some stove gloves so you don't roast your hands ! :-)

Nice Job.. I wish we had a Wood Stove! 🔥

Happy new year young lady great video

Great job Milkmaid, my dad did it like that, mom teepee style. I was taught bothways. However birch bark was our ignitor.

My way which i fin very effective is to put all the small stuff on bottom building it up the whole way to the top. I pack sheets of newspapers into the ash tray box at least 6 sheets. I lights it, the draw off the chimney really sets them on fire, the flames go through the grate and instantly there is flames climbing through all the timber. Great video though.

Excellent info tyvm

That's a pretty nice fire.

You are awesome 👌 👏 well done!!!

Ok that is cool I have burnt firewood for 20 years no joke, always tepee style start. I have seen a video on This type of burn, but it wasn’t explained well! Good job I will try next time the fire is out usually once I start it’s never fully out till year end. Except for chimney care and if my wife forgets to stoke it on a one work day😒

Nice stove!

Nothing like a good woodstove.

I use the top down on burn piles to make charcoal because it smokes so much less. It seems counterintuitive, but it works!

Well, this goes against everything I was taught about fire building but as they say the proof is in the pudding. When I was young I'd just grab a couple of my cousins and rub their heads together till I got an ember.

♡ Thanks Milkmaid🔥

Awesome how to video!

Bellybutton lint is the best firestarter.. er' body knows that

I use a blow torch to light this stack.

Nice ty

Good stuff.

Gasket baby

Try putting larger logs at the bottom. You'll thank me for that!

I want to get a wood stove this year!

Why pine?

This is really pointless . the chimney will heat up regardless of the position of the starter and kindling. if smoke is an issue in the traditional method, then simply close the glass door , open the air inlets under the box and the smoke can't enter the room . The most important thing to remember is that heat RISES . in the tradional method your stove will heat up much faster becuse of this . The starter on the bottom ignites the kindling and the kindling ignites the logs . this all happens simultaneously because each layer above the starter is quickly influenced by the rising flame below, thus heating the stove way faster than the top down method . to illustrate this , strike a large kitchen match in one hand .with the other hand hold a piece of dry paper about 3/4 of an inch under the match . the paper will not ignite . now hold the paper the same distance ABOVE the flame and the paper will immediately ignite . this is exactly what is taking place in the stove . with the top down method you will have to wait much longer before your logs are fully engulfed in fire . one youtuber bragged that with the top down method his logs were fully ablaze in FORTY minutes !! in my wood stove using the traditional method , the logs are fully ignited in less than two minutes . 😂 i really do;t know how this top down silliness caught on but it is nuts .

Save the Lard and use diesel… be a man!

howdy

You bought fire wood bits to burn in yuppie stove??? What flavor Starbucks did you have that morning? Tell us viewers, what is your preferred chainsaw to cut wood for a wood stove?

Nothing like wood stove heat🔥