What is the best type of wood you have used for your stove?

[The avantgardener]

Yew burns brilliantly but Greenheart is the best I have burned, very long lasting and delivers considerable heat, I reckon I could reduce the size of my logstore by at least a third if I had access to this all the time.

[maria warwick]

1 hour ago, se7enthdevil said:

ekki is a hard one to better.

ekki thump ?

[ABtrees]

The big one missing from the list has surely got to be Hornbeam.  Better calorific value than Oak and you can burn it 'wet' : dead tree - straight on the fire; Live tree - 1year later.  Great heat, clean and slow burning.

[Will Heal]

Says here horse chestnut is great for burning ! Normally people say it is shit. Me and a mate have burnt quite a lot and it’s fine. I might know where there is 150 tons all cut to 2.3m if anyone wants it

[Squaredy]

11 hours ago, BowlandStoves said:

It is impossible to list every type of hardwood let alone every type of wood in the world. However, we know from research that various types of wood are more appropriate for wood-burning stoves than others. Some of the types of wood to consider include:

 

Apple wood

While Apple wood is something more associated with construction and decorative timbers, it is actually a perfect fuel for wood-burning stoves. The fact it is a dense wood means that it burns relatively slowly but creates significant heat. It also emits a relaxing fragrance at the same time!

 

Ash wood

As the natural moisture level of ash wood is around 66% it does take some time to season to a moisture level of around 20%. As it is extremely common across the UK it is no surprise to learn that Ash wood is one of the more popular wood-burning stove fuels.

 

Blackthorn wood

While Blackthorn wood may not be the most well-known to the majority of the UK population, it is popular amongst stove users. The fact it is used to carve riding sticks and walking sticks shows it is an extremely durable hardwood. In common with many hardwood fuels, Blackthorn wood burns slowly, creates significant heat but thankfully minimal smoke.

 

Hawthorn wood

Like many hard woods, Hawthorn wood is probably more associated with construction and decorative furniture. It is commonly used in cabinets, boxes, tool handles and boat parts. However, the fact it is extremely dense, slow burning and creates significant heat makes it just perfect for wood-burning stoves.

 

Horse chestnut wood

Creating a strong flame and significant heat output, horse chestnut wood is one of the few hardwoods used solely for fuel purposes. As it is readily available across many parts of the UK it also offers excellent value for money.

 

Maple wood

While maybe not as common in the UK, as the US for example; Maple wood is an extremely hard material which is perfect for wood-burning stoves. It is probably more expensive than the likes of horse chestnut wood but may be something to consider.

 

Oak wood

Oak wood is probably one of the best-known types of wood in the UK and is commonly used in construction, flooring and even wine barrels. As this hardwood is relatively dense it burns relatively slowly but emits significant heat.

 

Sycamore wood

Commonly available across many parts of the UK, Sycamore wood is a type of hardwood which makes it perfect for wood-burning and multifuel stoves. The fact it has historically been used on boats, ships and the construction of timber frames perfectly illustrates its strength.

 

I'd love to know where this information comes from about the other uses of timber.  Hawthorn and Apple used for construction?  And Sycamore for boatbuilding!?!

[Martin du Preez]

horse chestnut isn't notable, same as sycamore, they are just good to put in the mix though, plenty of flame. missed out on hornbeam which i think has the highest calorific value as well as Elm which is one of my favourites when bone dry

[Steve Bullman]

Would be nice to see some softwood added to this list.  The public need educating

[Ratman]

Was renovating my latest house purchase back in 2012, i ripped the old open staircase out and rebuilt a new one. The original treads were a real dark red grained wood, wouldnt put them down as mahogany, but a real deep red colour.... i’m clueless with wood types and names ??‍♂️ (something i’m trying to improve on) but when sawn they produce a real fine deep red dust, and if split, they split dead straight and almost brittle like, but christ its a hard wood in general with some mega heat output when put on the fire, burnt em all tho, as had no other use for them.
Other than the beech i acquired last year i have acquired most of my burning material is from work, usually pine and imported soft woods used for packaging and crates.
Other than that its the usual phone calls from local farmers to cut up a natural damaged oak, ash, beech, all burn great for me after a proper times seasoning.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Black locust is the favourite here in Germany.

 

[difflock]

Well as said many times before I have been burning nothing but Lodgepole Pine and Sitka Spruce this 15 to 18 years.

 

The 25m2 high ceiling garden room easily sits at 25-28 Centigrade when this is burned on an intermittently fired  5Kw stove.

 

And if any of the Stove retailers or house insurers would like to inspect the unlined flue that has not ever been cleaned since 1997, feel free, it pulls like a train.

 

Btw the conifer is its own kindling, only requiring scrumpled up newspaper to effortlessly light a few of the finer/lighter/splinterer sticks selected from those brought in the previous day or evening.

 

Marcus