Wood burner stove advice please
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Hi Mr R,
Used a woodburner for 10plus years at the last house.
Ref: palletts keep a look out for the ones used to transport flags etc, they have a redish look to the wood.
Most flags now come from India etc and they use a type of hardwood that burns very well and is resists damp.
Cheers
Boots
Used a woodburner for 10plus years at the last house.
Ref: palletts keep a look out for the ones used to transport flags etc, they have a redish look to the wood.
Most flags now come from India etc and they use a type of hardwood that burns very well and is resists damp.
Cheers
Boots
I've had the pleasure. They are made from some kinda crazy hardwood, and your right they do burn well, but it's almost a shame to burn them as it would lend itself well to all kinds of timber projects.
Are you in a smoke control area?
If so you'll fall foul of the legislation burning pallets. None of the exempted appliances are certified for burning this wood, just seasoned hard wood of 20% or less moisture.
The law has recently tighten, due to air quality issues from all the wood burners Bern fitted. So now its fixed penalty notices
If so you'll fall foul of the legislation burning pallets. None of the exempted appliances are certified for burning this wood, just seasoned hard wood of 20% or less moisture.
The law has recently tighten, due to air quality issues from all the wood burners Bern fitted. So now its fixed penalty notices
Just to clarify: what is hard wood what is soft wood. Are there simple definitions? I think the cleanest burning wood we have here is debarked alder. Is that hard or soft?
Hard wood is the wood that comes from flowering plants, also known as angiosperm. ... Softwood is the wooD that comes from gymnosperm trees, which have needles and produce cones. Gymnosperm is a Greek term meaning “naked seed.” These trees are usually evergreen conifers such as spruce or pine trees.
Hardwood. Anything coniferous is classed as softwood. Alder used to be cut here down in the south of England to be sent up to the Scottish Armouries on trains to be turned into charcoal for gunpowder, that’s how clean it is.
I’ve tried it in the burner and didn’t get much out of it in terms of heat.
OK got that, the many Americans I have asked it did not know.
The energy content of wood is nearly constant by dry weight, very resinous parts being the common exception. Dry alder has quite low density so by volume not all that much energy. It is commonly used to warm "smoke saunas" and to smoke fish or meat.
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Pallets are a real pain to cut up. If you use a power saw, the wood will "swivel" and jam up causing the tool to be wrenched out of your hands. And too often there's an odd nail somewhere to wreck the blade. The only way I found to cut them up, left clumsy lumps, which don't stack and which don't fit well into the wood burner ... and then leave a load of nails at the end.
I bought a circular saw blade that's "multi-purpose" for chopping up pallets.
That way if I do hit a nail it's no problem.
They're still a pain and only good for kindling/garden projects etc.
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