Question about chimneys

[Northern Light]

Figured it was an easy way to heighten the chimney and thus improve the draw.

Green wood tends to generate tar which coats the chimney and tends to catch fire. It will catch fire eventually. Doesn't happen when one is burning seasoned wood like that which comes from fences and clapboard. Ask our extreme northeast brethren who depend on wood to heat their homes with wood.

You are right, as usual, Ole. You don't want to be burning green wood unless you are desperate. It wouldn't catch, won't burn and smokes like crazy. I have a good load of wood this year, burns really well. Some maple in it which always smell like maple syrup. I have some apple which I through in once in a while, just for the scent.

 

[pamc153PA]

YouarenotasdumbasIfeelrightnow. I thought the closer chimney was a tree that maybe fell over years before in a lightning strike and was utilized as something but it couldn't be a chimney. I could tell the barrel was attached with mud. Not unusual to see tree 10x that diameter where I live. I'msoembarrassedrightnow. I wear glasses and they must have been dirty or something like that or maybe I wasn't even wearing them. Maybe my wife asked me a question and distracted me and my concern her caused me to forget to finish looking at the photo in greater detail. Areyoubelievinganyofthis? The photo was postage stamp size on my computer and somehow magically enlarged itself and I can now see easily the cracked mud. Thisdidn'thappen. Whatever happened I didn't make a dumb mistake. Good thing I didn't post this on an international forum where the whole world could read it! Thanks everyone for the correction.

Wow, the way you packed all those excuses into that one post, you deserve a break.

And a free pair of glasses.

 

[GP60]

Scouring through areas of Georgia I occasionally come across two sided chimneys, anyone know the purpose of these? I apologize if I had missed this in previous posts.
Thanks