Logs for winter - how much is enough?

[dickymint]

A little bit of pallet info for you................

http://nbuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/11/poisonous-p...

[RedLeicester]

Good linkie. I can't find it right now, but I previously found a link for all sorts of stamps so you could see where the pallet had come from and what it had been sprayed with. Some really really icky things out there, the last thing you want trapped in a room with you and smouldering, and surprise surprise, it'll be invisible. Til you keel over. Then you'll notice.

[anonymous-user]

thanks for the link, its useful. No such markings on any of my pallet blocks.

I would be more cautious about burning pallet blocks in an open fire than a closed stove.

Having said that I used to burn nothing but pallet blocks in an open fire in a house I lived in about 12 years ago and I am still here now (just about)

[RedLeicester]

In a sense yes, but conversely a stove can get a lot hotter than a fire, aiding in gassification of nasty smelly things. just be careful!

[dickymint]

The biggest risk is when a fire is 'banked up' as you do overnight. It then is not drawing vigorously up the flue/chimney but spills into the room. There is no such thing as a 'closed fire' - think about it, if air can get in (as it must for combustion) gases can and do get out.

Sleep tight

[GingerWizard]

4 months worth is about 2 tons in my house (we have a 6kw and 9kw in a steady state of use), should be about 175-250 notes. It should be well seasoned, chopped and delivered. Thats about 5-8 m3 depending on the stacking.

Its a pain having to move and stack it, or you can be kind and pay a relative/teen to do it. (I get my nephew round!£20 note)

Edited by GingerWizard on Wednesday 14th September 14:35

[Steve_W]

Hmmm - interesting stuff re treated wood.

We're having an extension done and I've been squirreling away the offcuts of the new studwork/joists for use in the log burner.

Since all these timbers (c16/c24) are treated from new are they bad news from a burning point of view too?

Steve

[RedLeicester]

GingerWizard said:

4 months worth is about 2 tons in my house (we have a 6kw and 9kw in a steady state of use),

Blimey, our log boiler supplying all our heating and hot water only gets through 10t per year.

GingerWizard said:

Thats about 5-8 m3 depending on the stacking.

m3 or rm3?