{"id":525,"date":"2017-08-15T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texasfireframe.com\/fireplace-grate-blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2017-08-11T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:46:00","slug":"dont-forget-fireplace-grate-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texasfireframe.com\/fireplace-grate-blog\/2017\/08\/15\/dont-forget-fireplace-grate-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t forget your fireplace grate in the summer."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Texas Fireframe grate holds two levels of cedar logs all summer long.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s the middle of summer, and my indoor fireplace grate is currently holding six beautiful cedar logs that I loaded onto it after I burned my last fire of winter. Cedar logs are a great way to make your fireplace always looks inviting. \u00a0After all, it\u2019s the focal point of the living room. \u00a0Who wants to look at an empty fireplace grate? Those cedar logs not only look pretty and smell great, but they repel bugs, as anyone knows who has put cedar blocks in a drawer or has a cedar-lined closet.<\/p>\n

Can you burn those cedar logs when it\u2019s time to start building fires again in the fall? \u00a0It\u2019s not recommended that you burn a full load of cedar logs on your fireplace grate since cedar is a softwood and not a hardwood. \u00a0Instead, use one cedar log mixed in with regular firewood to get your fire off to a good start. Cedar behaves more like kindling and is a \u201cflash fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you have a Texas Fireframe grate<\/a>, which is designed to start your fire quickly and easily and produce more heat than conventional fireplace grates, place your starter cedar log in the lower front position. Add a few knots of paper, and a cedar log will start your fire in no time.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, start your fire on your Texas Fireframe grate the usual way – with just a few sticks of fatwood kindling \u2013 a natural fire starter – placed on the lower log with three knotted sheets of newspaper. \u00a0Then light the paper and get ready to enjoy what Time magazine called \u201cThe Physicist\u2019s Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where can you buy cedar logs<\/a>? \u00a0Your best bet for getting a load of cedar logs for your fireplace grate is to ask your local wood supplier if you can purchase just a few. Or try Googling: firewood cedar. And include the name of your town or city in the Google search. Yelp also lists wood suppliers. A few phone calls should yield at least one wood supplier who can provide an annual load of cedar logs for your fireplace grate when fire-building season winds down.<\/p>\n

If you have access to a cedar tree that\u2019s being removed, be sure to take some logs for your fireplace, but don\u2019t forget to season them for a full year if you plan to burn them. Splitting helps them season faster. But remember to never burn a full load of cedar logs on your fireplace grate! \u00a0\u00a0Reserve them for summertime \u2013 for ambience only. (Or as starter logs during fire season.) Come winter, I\u2019ll probably store my cedar logs in the garage, since bugs will never get to them. And then they\u2019re ready for prime time next spring, after the last log has burned out. It\u2019s so much nicer to look at cedar logs in your fireplace than at a stark, empty fireplace grate.<\/p>\n

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