(TigerPaw40) wrote

Have a wood burning fireplace in family room of a house recently purchased.
After burning Duraflame or Northland logs the next morning the house smells
like a campfire doused with water. THe odor last 2-3 days. I have tried leaving
the flue open till the next morning and closing it an hour or so after logs are
burned up. Any ideas what could be causing this?

I've always found that fireplace smells linger. I expect a glass door
arrangement would minimize this. No one has posted that *they* have no
lingering odors. I don't have a kitchen exhaust, and certain food
odors, particularly *any* sort of frying, hang around for quite a
while, even with open windows. Obviously, fresh air circulation and
exhaust are important, but it *may* be that certain odors are the
price you pay for a fire. If I could keep the smoke/scent of burning
pinon in my house for *weeks*, I'd be pleased. A log of pressed
sawdust and petroleum? Maybe not.