Wood Burner

[kruby01 114]

Just wondering what peoples views are on the best smelling wood to burn?

I'm burning a mix of pine pallets and some silver birch logs. The birch smells a hell of a lot better than the pine, as soon as you chuck a log on you can smell the difference.

I live in on the edge of a forest so I'm going to have a wander but just wanted a few ideas of what to look for?

[Outlaw Pete 2,224]

Ash is the one for you, Kruby. Cut a living tree down. Bung it in the stove. F**ker will burn! And the smell of it's quite nice too. And. of course, it's considered a woodland weed. Can't loose, can ye?

[stabba 10,745]

Apple tree..lovely aroma

[kruby01 114]

So ash will burn without being dried/seasoned?

[moxy 617]

Most woods will burn fresh. With exceptions such as chestnut and poplar. There are a few more but these will sit in the embers like lumps of stone.

Most fruit woods have a good aroma along with beech.

I use apple. Beech and ash in the meat smoker.

 

Resinous timbers like pine. Latch and cedar don't burn too well unseasoned and will also clog up your flue.

[socks 32,253]

Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear

If the logs are kept a year;

Store your beech for Christmastide

With new-cut holly laid beside;

Chestnut's only good, they say,

If for years 'tis stored away;

Birch and fir-wood burn too fast

Blaze too bright and do not last;

Flames from larch will shoot up high,

Dangerously the sparks will fly;

But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown

Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.

 

Oaken logs, if dry and old,

Keep away the winter's cold;

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,

Fills your eyes and makes you choke;

Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,

E'en the very flames are cold;

It is by the Irish said;

Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread,

Apple-wood will scent the room,

Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom;

But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry

A King may warm his slippers by.

[kruby01 114]

That's actually a really helpful poem! thanks for that!

[lanesra 4,007]

The Best Wood Too Burn Is FREE ! Cracking Poem Socks

[kruby01 114]

Well I have unlimited pallets to burn for free but as I said I also live on a forest to anything that's there I can get for free too so fancied something with a nice aroma

[Malt 379]

Pine's not great for long term use, it produces a lot of tar (creosote) which will build up in your chimney and be a fire hazard..

[Ideation 8,217]

I once lived in a cabin on top of a snowy mountain in winter. All we had to burn for heating, cooking etc was pine........ We deforested the fecking place!

[whippet 99 2,613]

I once lived in a cabin on top of a snowy mountain in winter. All we had to burn for heating, cooking etc was pine........ We deforested the fecking place!

god would never cause such devastation,.............your not the real god are you....?

[Born Hunter 17,960]

Ash is the one for you, Kruby. Cut a living tree down. Bung it in the stove. F**ker will burn! And the smell of it's quite nice too. And. of course, it's considered a woodland weed. Can't loose, can ye?

 

Why's that then Pete? I thought ash was a native and quite iconic tree. certainly when I think of British wooland it's there with Oak, Beach, Horse & Sweet chestnuts.

 

Do you mean in Pine woods?

[Born Hunter 17,960]

They say Birch burns too fast but that's the advantage of that wood not it's downside imo.... You want to get some instant heat in a room chuck a couple of Birch logs on! I've always liked having the log basket with a mix of Ash/Oak and some Birch.

[paulus 26]

• Alder: Poor in heat and does not last,

Apple: Splendid. It bums slowly and steadily when dry, with little flame, but good heat. The scent is pleasing.

Ash: Best burning wood; has both flame and heat, and will bum when green, though naturally not as well as when dry.

Beech: A rival to ash, though not a close one, and only fair when green. If it has a fault, it is apt to shoot embers a long way.

Birch: The heat is good but it burns quickly. The smell is pleasant.

Blackthorn Quite one of the best woods. Burns slowly, with good heat and little smoke.

Cedar: Good when dry. Full of crackle and snap. It gives little flame but much heat, and the scent is beautiful.

Cherry: Burns slowly, with good heat. Another wood with the advantage of scent

Chestnut: Mediocre. Apt to shoot embers. Small flame and heating power.

Douglas Fir: Poor. Little flame or heat.

Elder: Mediocre. Very smoky. Quick burner, with not much heat.

Elm: Commonly offered for sale. To bum well it needs to be kept for two years. Even then it will smoke. Very variable fuel.

Hawthorn: Burns slowly, with good heat and little smoke.

Hazel: Good.

Holly: Good, will burn when green, but best when kept a season.

Hornbeam: Almost as good as beech.

Laburnum: Totally poisonous tree, acrid smoke, taints food and best never used.

Larch: Crackly, scented, and fairly good for heat.

Laurel: Has brilliant flame. Though have seen some concerns on gases

Lime: Poor. Burns with dull flame.

Maple: Good.

Oak: The novelist’s ‘blazing fire of oaken logs’ is fanciful, Oak is sparse in flame and the smoke is acrid, but dry old oak is excellent for heat, burning slowly and steadily until whole log collapses into cigar-like ash.

Pear: A good heat and a good scent.

Pine: Burns with a splendid flame, but apt to spit. The resinous Weymouth pine has a lovely scent and a cheerful blue flame.

Plane: Burns pleasantly, but is apt to throw sparks if very dry.

Plum: Good heat and aromatic.

Poplar: Truly awful.

Rhododendron: The thick old stems, being very tough, burn well.

Robinia (Acacia): Burns slowly, with good heat, but with acrid smoke.

Spruce: Burns too quickly and with too many sparks.

Sycamore: Burns with a good flame, with moderate heat. Useless green.

Thorn: Quite one of the best woods. Burns slowly, with great heat and little smoke.

Walnut: Good, and so is the scent. Aromatic wood.

Willow: Poor. It must be dry to use, and then it burns slowly, with little flame. Apt to spark.

Yew: Last but among the best. Burns slowly, with fierce heat, and the scent is pleasant.