12 Things We Do Before the First Fire of the Winter (Most People Skip Number 7)

🔗 At our age, 65°F indoors can already be dangerous. What doctors say, and how to heat for less anyway: https://larshalvorsen.com The first fire of the year is the one most likely to cause trouble later, and it is not because of a hot stove. I have lit the opening fire in the same farmhouse for fifty-one winters, and most of what causes trouble starts in October, not January. A cold flue, a worn door seal, a house that pulls the wrong way, wood that reads dry on the outside and is not. None of it needs replacing. It needs checking, once, before the first match. Fifty-one winters in the same Norwegian farmhouse, so you keep the heat in without hiring anybody. Subscribe, and I'll see you in the next one. #firstfire #woodstove #chimneysafety #firewood #wintersavings