Cheap and Easy Fireplace Starters

It’s not always easy to get a fire going in a fireplace, especially when the wood isn’t completely dry. Store-bought fireplace starters work very well, but they aren’t exactly cheap. You really don’t need store-bought fireplace starters. The following information provides cheap and easy homemade fireplace starters made from items ordinarily thrown away. Try these homemade fire starters next time you’re ready to build a fire in your fireplace. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to get a fire started using these cheap and easy ideas.

Lint Rolls

Those with clothes dryers have access to piles of dryer lint, and those with fireplaces should take advantage of this fantastic homemade fireplace starter. Save empty tissue paper rolls, and stuff them with dryer lint. Next time you plan to make a fire in your fireplace, light the lint inside of the roll. This cheap and easy homemade fireplace starter will start your fire very quickly, and you won’t have to try again and again. Your fire will start the very first time with this cheap and easy homemade method.

Pinecones

Dried pinecones are definitely cheap if you have access to a pine tree, and they are fantastic homemade fireplace starters. My parents have a pine tree that died, and the ground below the skeleton of this tree is littered with pinecones. I had my five year old daughter pick up a bag of these pinecones, and we now have a very good supply. They are fantastic homemade fireplace starters, and they add a soft pine scent to the room. I plan on collecting the rest of the pinecones beneath my parent’s pine tree, and I’ll have to find a new source of pinecones for starting fires in my fireplace.

Newspaper Logs

I love my daily paper, but they pile up so quickly. Along with recycling I use my newspapers as cheap and easy fire starters. I roll a single sheet of newspaper as tightly as possible, and I tie it closed with a piece of cotton twine. When starting a fire I simply light the end of the newspaper roll, and it quickly gets my fireplace going. Why buy fireplace starters when you can use homemade fireplace starters such as these?

Wood Scraps

Small scraps of wood are also fantastic fire starters, and they are usually very cheap. I used to purchase the end pieces of wood trimmed from trusses at a local manufactured home, and I would buy an entire truckload for $5. My father works with wood, and he recently gave me a two boxes of scrap pieces of wood.

Keep in mind, wood that has been treated, varnished, or painted should never been burned indoors. Only use wood scraps that are natural should be used as fireplaces starters. Along with the abovementioned items to use as easy homemade fire starters, keep scraps of wood in your woodbin. You’ll never have problems starting a fire again.