Treated wood for log burner?

Andymac1987

Hi all

I'd be most grateful if someone could give some advice.

I have some offcuts from a new fence and some palate wood. Would this be suitable to burn in my log burner?

I have tried to research but it's ambiguous, as I can't identify how the wood has been treated. I think I read somewhere that bromine and arsenic aren't used to treat wood such as this any more.



Many thanks in advance.

Andy

FreeBear

Andymac1987 said: I have some offcuts from a new fence and some palate wood. Would this be suitable to burn in my log burner?

You don't want to be burning your palate - It will get painful very quickly

Pallet wood is sometimes treated with insecticides, particularly the ones from overseas. In general, they can be burnt in a stove, but the wood does burn very quickly - Best used to get the fire going, and then switch to well seasoned logs.

Burning of fence posts/panels - General advice is don't. Depending on the treatment, burning can release toxic chemicals which could corrode your flue liner.

alicef

It isn't suitable.

greyteam1959

Pallets are suitable for burning as long as they are marked with HT.
HT = Heat Treated.
99.99% of pallets are heat treated.
I cut up & burn about 25 a week through the winter.
I would not burn those treated offcuts.

Ectophile

FreeBear said:

Burning of fence posts/panels - General advice is don't. Depending on the treatment, burning can release toxic chemicals which could corrode your flue liner.

Poisoning the entire neighbourhood with unknown chemicals is fine, so long as you don't damage your flue liner.

Andymac1987

Thank you so much for your help everyone, you've been very helpful!