Using treated decking in logburner

tori.k

Nope just typical words from another person trying to keep there heads above water actually.

Dukesy

You shouldn't really burn treated wood - tanalised timber has some very nasty things in it.

However, we burn it as OH is a carpenter and joiner and always has lots of offcuts which, in our current financial position, we cannot afford not to use. We do live in a very rural area though, and not in a 'smokless' zone.

If you're going to burn it, definitely do so in a woodburner, never an open fire.

diywhynot

Moneysaving, in this instance, is going a step too far.

tori.k

diywhynot wrote: »

Moneysaving, in this instance, is going a step too far.

Why? what happens to the wood that's recycled..it's made into pellets for wood fired stoves, or shredded for pet bedding or MDF, it's ends up in landfill rotting down and given off greenhouse gas, you will only find arsenate in old wood treatment not in new you will get some nasty burn off, but using electric or gas or oil still creates atmospheric pollution. even an air source heat pump needs electric to work, with coal you get metals like uranium, oxides & dioxide and silicates.

Like most people I would love to live in a solar thermal house,but like most I don't and if anything I probably have a lower carbon footprint then a lot of people even with subsidising my log pile with pallet wood, as my stove also houses my kettle and most days a soup/casserole pot over winter.

tony6403

tori.k wrote: »

, with coal you get metals like uranium,

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Hope that they're not reading this in Iran and North Korea.

keystone

tony6403 wrote: »

hope that they're not reading this in iran and north korea.

چه چیزی شما را در مقابل ایران پس از آن؟

به سلامتی

tony6403

keystone wrote: »

چه چیزی شما را در مقابل ایران پس از آن؟

به سلامتی

Nice one:rotfl:

Leif

tori.k wrote: »

Nope just typical words from another person trying to keep there heads above water actually.

When your money saving poisons other people, is that unacceptable?

If you search around, you will find cheaper fire wood. I found a local shop selling kindling at 1/3 the price of other shops. Clearly a local carpenter/joiner has a lot of offcuts, and flogs them to the shop in large bags. I also found a local tree surgeon who sells wood at a decent price. You might find some farmers are happy for you to take away waste wood, although it will need seasoning for a year or two.