https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:57:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949952 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:45:14 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1949952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Amelieisme: Better safe than sorry, I would think! :wink:</p> <p>ETA: I would think as long as the coals are dying down (no longer sparking) that would be safe, as pp have said! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949922 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:17:25 +0000 Amelieisme 1949922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: ours is open hearth. We probably need to start being more careful with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949910 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:56:21 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1949910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Amelieisme: My parents do because they have a wood-burning stove/insert. I would avoid leaving an open hearth burning, though. Also, either way, I would make sure to have chimneys cleaned yearly, since chimney fires are scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949909 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:56:03 +0000 PurplePumps 1949909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if there are no flames or bright hot orange coals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949886 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:27:28 +0000 BananaPancakes 1949886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just wondering this a couple of hours ago!! We build a fire like 3 times a year, but I never know what to do with it, exactly. We always soak an outside fire with the hose before going inside for the night, and will go to bed with low burning embers in the fireplace. I wasn't sure if that was the norm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949882 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:18:06 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1949882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If there isn't active flames we wwould always kind of spread the coals out flat so the heat isn't building if that makes sense &amp; leave it. By we I mean my parents when I was a kid. It was always fine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949881 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:17:23 +0000 youboots 1949881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do if it's just coals not big bright flames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949880 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:17:09 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1949880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we don't like to leave it unattended. We'll leave it if it's pretty much going out but we're careful not to add wood as it gets later in the evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-leave-fire-burning#post-1949879 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:13:31 +0000 Amelieisme 1949879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those with a wood burning fireplace,do you let the fire burn out and go to bed? My DH and I do this but I worry it's a fire hazard. My parents would have never done this, but they are pretty extreme risk averse people. DH thinks it's okay to leave it, but it sort of worries me so I was wondering, what is the norm?? </p>