Burning unseasoned Wood

pauletruth

a friends daughter accidently set her fuel store on fire. having it stacked against your house maybe a bad idea.

hethmar

Yes, but rats will love nesting in it

782sirbrian

hethmar wrote: »

Yes, but rats will love nesting in it

I got rid of my plastic compost bin rats chewed into it, plus got under my log pile. Got it baited now so they're cleared out.
One of the small problems of hoarding a stock of logs !

Brian

suki1964

782sirbrian wrote: »

I got rid of my plastic compost bin rats chewed into it, plus got under my log pile. Got it baited now so they're cleared out.
One of the small problems of hoarding a stock of logs !

Brian

We had a rat problem coming from next doors pile of peats. We drop bait bags down between them and our fence which keeps them at bay

rustyboy21

hethmar wrote: »

Well,YOU said you had no storage - Why bother to ask advice if you dont want to hear the answers from experienced people? Several people have told you the seasoning periods and you say we are all talking "crap". Hmm, 30 years in the trade and yet you know better than us or mucky butt.

I darent even ask if the chimney will be lined or a chimney sweep called in at least twice a season.

I wish you luck.

Hethmar.

Have the same discussions regarding gas fires every day in my shop. Everyone thinks we are like double glazing sales people or insurance agents, I.e We dont tell the truth. Went out with fitter the other day to a persons house to find that the fire had been fitted with a washing machine hose with jubillee clips either end attaching onto gas pipe and gas inlet pipe of fire. Hadn't even used the isolator elbow supplied !:eek:
Wouldn't pay the £75 fitting charge said we were ripoffs. Ex retired ''Civil Engineer'' says it all really

With regards to drying logs in the oven...... Question.....

Wouldn't your dinner taste like Resin, burnt wood? Also the fact that putting wet logs into an oven at the same time as your food would considerably lower the temperature of the oven as it would take longer for the logs to reach the oven's temperature. It would be lke leaving the oven door ajar. cause for thought ref food poisoning . Mind you it may give that slight BBQ taste to your Chicken lol:rotfl:

highrisklowreturn

rustyboy21 wrote: »

Hethmar.

Have the same discussions regarding gas fires every day in my shop. Everyone thinks we are like double glazing sales people or insurance agents, I.e We dont tell the truth. Went out with fitter the other day to a persons house to find that the fire had been fitted with a washing machine hose with jubillee clips either end attaching onto gas pipe and gas inlet pipe of fire. Hadn't even used the isolator elbow supplied !:eek:
Wouldn't pay the £75 fitting charge said we were ripoffs. Ex retired ''Civil Engineer'' says it all really

With regards to drying logs in the oven...... Question.....

Wouldn't your dinner taste like Resin, burnt wood? Also the fact that putting wet logs into an oven at the same time as your food would considerably lower the temperature of the oven as it would take longer for the logs to reach the oven's temperature. It would be lke leaving the oven door ajar. cause for thought ref food poisoning . Mind you it may give that slight BBQ taste to your Chicken lol:rotfl:

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No nothing funny there. No problem so far - 20 logs dried, dinner takes 20minutes as usual. And doesn't taste of resin - perhaps that's your home cooking. Heathar, suck it?

Gloomendoom

hethmar wrote: »

As mucky has said, in one case, OH went out to a job where they had been burning willow for 4 weeks and had managed to totally block the top section of flueway - in fact he took a photo of it for a trade magazine, as he could just stand a biro in the tar at the top.

I wouldn't say that I would recommend it as fuel but I've been burning willow recently with no apparent problems. It has been seasoned for eight years though.

I've had a go at those paper logs too but there is so much filler in newspaper that the hearth gets clogged up in no time. I can't be bothered with them now.

Greenfires

My guess is that most people who have had a go with paper logs will soon grow tired of them! As well as being a real PITA to make with loads of mess, the resuts they give are very poor and as has been said, they produce a huge amount of ash.

Other comments in this thread are spot on - April felled wood will probably be at just about the wettest it gets! The old poems about firewood saying ash burns best green are rubbish too - ash just tends to have a lower moisture content thatn many other species and so it WILL burn green - but it will burn a whole lot better seasoned.

Also agree with muckybutts comments - I'm a sweep too and see it all the time. Far too many people happy to pay top dollar for a proper pro installation of a good stove, but then scratting about for the cheapest garbage they can find to feed it with. The best stove in the world isn't going to give great results with unseasoned wood - never mind all the associated chimney problems it causes. And some people just won't be told that the reason for the problems they're having with smoke, no heat, etc etc - are down to the wood and not the stove.

We really do see all sorts - yesterday had a woman on wanting me to sweep her chimney so she could use the open fire - turned out the chimney had a flexible gas flue and terminal and she was hoping the smoke from the fire would just go up the gas liner that was dangling loose in the flue and out of the gas terminal on the chimney stack!

Andy

highrisklowreturn

"and she was hoping the smoke from the fire would just go up the gas liner that was dangling loose in the flue and out of the gas terminal on the chimney stack!"


Sounds about right

hethmar

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

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No nothing funny there. No problem so far - 20 logs dried, dinner takes 20minutes as usual. And doesn't taste of resin - perhaps that's your home cooking. Heathar, suck it?

I beg your pardon? What a charmer.

Yeah, you just carry on with your plans highrisk, Im sure it will all go splendidly.