Collecting wood

SailorSam

I have a double glazing place up the road from me and all the old window/door frames are in a skip outside. You often see people taking the wood (the guy is glad to get rid of it). But i have been told on here you shouldn't use it on wood burners.

Gloomendoom

One of my relatives got a load of old doors free and burnt those. The only problem was the stench from the burning paint. Outside the house was not a pleasant place to be.

He's since switched to wood pellets.

captainhindsight_2

SailorSam wrote: »

I have a double glazing place up the road from me and all the old window/door frames are in a skip outside. You often see people taking the wood (the guy is glad to get rid of it). But i have been told on here you shouldn't use it on wood burners.

Yea a lot of these places have to pay to throw it away, so like you say they are often glad to get rid of it.

I know some where near me, will drop off 1ton bags full to overflowing for 10-20 pounds depending how far away you are.

But your not really menT to burn treated wood....I don't know why it's just what I've been told.

Greenfires

Because treated wood will produce all sorts of chemical toxins when burned. You may not notice them in the house as they're all going up the chimney, but effectively you'd be poisoning the neighbours and the environment generally. That's why this sort of stuff has to be incinerated - incinerators work at much higher temperatures than domestic stoves, and at these temps, the toxic compounds are broken down.

mameha

I found an old door in my garage when I moved in.
Its a wooden door, looks like a back door between garden and kitchen, weathered and unpolished. Probably 20 years old.

Do you think I cut it up and burn it?

Swipe

mameha wrote: »

I found an old door in my garage when I moved in.
Its a wooden door, looks like a back door between garden and kitchen, weathered and unpolished. Probably 20 years old.

Do you think I cut it up and burn it?

It's free heat so go for it

PollySouthend

I regularly after windy days have to move fallen branches off the road, now I keep a saw in my boot and keep them. Probbakly illegal but its a risk I take.