Stove in our new house is out of action until we can get a flue liner installed.
Wife decides to put some candles in the stove this afternoon to make it look like a fire instead.
Candles begin to melt, fully catch on fire as opposed to just burning wick.
At this point I put out all the wicks thinking the rest might burn out quickly but unfortunately not. That was a few hours ago, it's still going now. The wax has sort of mixed with the remains of previous fires (we had a few normal fires going before getting chimney sweep in who recommended flue liner) and is now burning away slowly. It flares quite a lot when the door is opened.
I've tried tossing salt on but to no avail. I'm quite worried about the wax going up the flue and settling as a residue with a risk of chimney fire. I won't be using the fire again after this until the flue liner is installed and it's swept, but the wax hasn't burnt out for now.
1 any tips on killing the fire?
2 are my concerns about wax residue valid?
Wife decides to put some candles in the stove this afternoon to make it look like a fire instead.
Candles begin to melt, fully catch on fire as opposed to just burning wick.
At this point I put out all the wicks thinking the rest might burn out quickly but unfortunately not. That was a few hours ago, it's still going now. The wax has sort of mixed with the remains of previous fires (we had a few normal fires going before getting chimney sweep in who recommended flue liner) and is now burning away slowly. It flares quite a lot when the door is opened.
I've tried tossing salt on but to no avail. I'm quite worried about the wax going up the flue and settling as a residue with a risk of chimney fire. I won't be using the fire again after this until the flue liner is installed and it's swept, but the wax hasn't burnt out for now.
1 any tips on killing the fire?
2 are my concerns about wax residue valid?
