Comments on: How to Build an Upside-Down Fire: The Only Fireplace Method You’ll Ever Need http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-55714 Mark Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-55714 Built my first upside down fire tonight. It was amazing. The heat is fabulous and absolutely no smoke. It took about 15 minutes to really get going but has really been steady ever since. That is what really impresses is how steady and consistent the burn is. I plan to use this method from now on. Can't wait to teach it to my friends. Thanks for the post. Built my first upside down fire tonight. It was amazing. The heat is fabulous and absolutely no smoke. It took about 15 minutes to really get going but has really been steady ever since. That is what really impresses is how steady and consistent the burn is.

I plan to use this method from now on. Can’t wait to teach it to my friends.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Sarah Flu http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-54881 Sarah Flu Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:34:51 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-54881 Hey Tim. Thanks so much for sharing this knowledge! I tried several times to build a fire in my fireplace at home and it did not work very well. This method works like a charm. Now my living room is nice and toasty. Hey Tim. Thanks so much for sharing this knowledge! I tried several times to build a fire in my fireplace at home and it did not work very well. This method works like a charm. Now my living room is nice and toasty.

]]> By: matty g http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-53350 matty g Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-53350 Wow thanks for the info. For the past week i have been trying to get my pool hot by building a sort of water heater with copper pipes and a brick built cooker. It was driving me mad having to go and check every 30 mins. I am going to try your idea later. Im sure it will be better than mine. Mine was more firestarters than wood lol.. ( I was joking then btw ) Wow thanks for the info. For the past week i have been trying to get my pool hot by building a sort of water heater with copper pipes and a brick built cooker. It was driving me mad having to go and check every 30 mins. I am going to try your idea later. Im sure it will be better than mine. Mine was more firestarters than wood lol.. ( I was joking then btw )

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-50420 Jeremy Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:50:07 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-50420 My family and I burned an upside-down fire in our new firepit tonight...my wife was skeptical (as was I) and I don't think I would've believed it unless I'd done it myself. I posted a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHyLIM2YD8 Enjoy and Thanks, Tim! My family and I burned an upside-down fire in our new firepit tonight…my wife was skeptical (as was I) and I don’t think I would’ve believed it unless I’d done it myself. I posted a video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHyLIM2YD8

Enjoy and Thanks, Tim!

]]> By: Ben Peterson http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/02/02/how-to-build-an-upside-down-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-48489 Ben Peterson Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:04:11 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-48489 Tim (Prometheus), If you like playing with wood you should explore gasification. Gasification allows us to extract the burnable hydrocarbons in wood and convert them into gaseous motor fuels. You can literally run an engine on wood! Its been done during every oil crunch during the last 100 years and then promptly forgotten when cheap oil comes back. I got started just over a year ago and built a social network on ning to help spread the information. Its ridiculous that we buy oil from around the world when nature has given us what we need in our own back yard. The fire starting method in your video is really alot like the inverted downdraft gasifier camp stoves that are use for campers and in third world countries for healthier cooking. Keep the great posts coming Tim (Prometheus),
If you like playing with wood you should explore gasification. Gasification allows us to extract the burnable hydrocarbons in wood and convert them into gaseous motor fuels. You can literally run an engine on wood!

Its been done during every oil crunch during the last 100 years and then promptly forgotten when cheap oil comes back. I got started just over a year ago and built a social network on ning to help spread the information. Its ridiculous that we buy oil from around the world when nature has given us what we need in our own back yard.

The fire starting method in your video is really alot like the inverted downdraft gasifier camp stoves that are use for campers and in third world countries for healthier cooking.

Keep the great posts coming

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