shakey jake
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thats an understatement
Woodburning stoves
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Freeforester
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It was made referring to the mention of carbon free aviation fuel, per @timbrayford ‘s post at no 8;
Been using a wood gasifying boiler here for the past twenty years. I can’t recall when last seeing smoke coming out of the chimney but the wood i burn is all min 2 years seasoned and held in a big airy wood store.
UnframedDave
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Not all wood needs 2 years seasoning.
Birch and pine will be close to rotten after that time.
Ash only needs 3 to 6 months in good drying conditions.
Oak needs a couple of years, but much longer and beetle can become an issue.
MattJ
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I suspect that the real reason is that they can’t tax wood you collect for yourself!
dunwater
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Yeah, and as soon as that issue is addressed they’ll be back with another one.
The problem with cars was initially lead in the exhaust, then it was Co2, then it was carbon.
Now it’s Nox, and micro particles from the brake compounds and tyres.
There is no appeasing them, everything is a problem.
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shakey jake
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not sure i agree with any of that, sounds like an old wives tale
Freeforester
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Can’t say I’ve ever had a problem, it’s pretty breezy here so it dries rather than moulders, but two years is about the maximum I’ve ever held on to it, bagged in ventilated bags and off the ground and on pallets
The stuff outwith the store is Ash, waiting to get into the store as the stored stuff gets burned.
dunwater
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Pretty accurate if you leave it exposed outside.
Kept dry, wood lasts longer than you or I will.
shakey jake
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ive an oak pergola 2 years old no beetles, pine log bench 3 years no rot, pine logs a as stools 5 years a bit light.
maybe if left in a puddle but the fens is pretty exposed and not seen it happen yet
maybe if left in a puddle but the fens is pretty exposed and not seen it happen yet
dunwater
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Pine log stools sounds a bit painful.
You have my sympathy.
Moisture and insects kill most wood in jig time. There are exceptions suited to different uses, elm is famous for not rotting in water , oak lasts for centuries in roof beams and trusses , but wood rots if you don’t look after it.
Or you don’t know what you’re doing and use the wrong tree.
shakey jake
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pine stools cut from an over grown xmas tree have been fine sat round a fire pit, sorry just got the second meaning of stool! i can only appologise my mum was from essex, birth defect on my part
dunwater
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The misunderstanding was deliberate. We know what you meant.
I’m a bad person.
All “ wood “ is not the same was my point.
That’s why we use yew or bamboo for bows, not oak.
Freeforester
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Good way to significantly boost the heat you get from the wood you burn, no PM25’s either.
UnframedDave
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I've been cutting my own wood from my own land for my own personal use and selling any excess for ten years.
I've been moisture content checking ash (which is mostly what I sell) for the last few years.
Just my experience.
UnframedDave
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Preserved?
shakey jake
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no, oak is squared off pine is a log, with bark
BenBhoy
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UnframedDave
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My personal woodpile:
Should last 2 years. Mostly oak and Ash, but there's also a black poplar, I took down and the remnants of a laurel hedge. I won't bother with laurel again, it creates masses of Ash. I'll put it straight on the bonfire. I wouldn't burn it straight away, it gives off cyanide.
I didn't have to check many oak logs before I found fresh beetle tracks:
This oak can't be any more than 2 years old, as the wood store was completed pretty much 2 years ago. I'm not saying it isn't usable, it is. I wouldn't want to leave it any longer than necessary though.
This Ash was split in June, you don't need to put a meter on it to see it's perfectly good to burn, but the meter says 15%.
Should last 2 years. Mostly oak and Ash, but there's also a black poplar, I took down and the remnants of a laurel hedge. I won't bother with laurel again, it creates masses of Ash. I'll put it straight on the bonfire. I wouldn't burn it straight away, it gives off cyanide.
I didn't have to check many oak logs before I found fresh beetle tracks:
This oak can't be any more than 2 years old, as the wood store was completed pretty much 2 years ago. I'm not saying it isn't usable, it is. I wouldn't want to leave it any longer than necessary though.
This Ash was split in June, you don't need to put a meter on it to see it's perfectly good to burn, but the meter says 15%.
I was surprised by how quickly stored oak logs deteriorated, given that oak has been used for centuries for shipbuilding and other purposes. I expected logs and cords to last for years, but they didn't!
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