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

[nepia]

9 hours ago, Squaredy said:

And Sycamore for boatbuilding!?!

A bit obscure and not likely to happen in our climate but I did see on the telly recently that syc was identified in ancient Egyptian boats.

[neiln]

I knew Americans rate locust very highly and had looked it up and found its pseudo acacia/robinia.  I'd started to notice it's not uncommon in parks... It helped seeing a labelled tree in crystal palace park.  When I got offered the chance to gather some I jumped, and now I'll always jump. I found it burnt like Oak and it was really really really easy to split.

[nepia]

I don't go for the 'really, really, really easy' bit but it's not a bad wood to split.  It does take a while to dry though; I've been pulling Robinia logs out of 'dry' cages to recycle them into next year's logs.

[sandspider]

I've planted some Robinia from seed for a future firewood coppice. The growth is very slow, hopefully they'll take off next year. In the meantime, eucalyptus are the clear winner, shooting ahead.

[Macpherson]

I burn a fair variety but a mix of holy and scots pine makes a very hot fire

[richardwale]

Dry conifer, any type. It's  all I use at home. 

But if I had to name a favourite, hawthorn is seriously decent firewood.

[woodrascal]

Dry Beech is my favourite, but any dry wood is good. I like to mix hard and softwood in our stoves. Larch and Sitka mixed with some Ash and Hawthorn makes for a blisteringly hot fire with a great flame picture.

 

Oh and dry Birch is fabulous for flame pictures when used in a stove - a lot of the decent stove manufacturers use it for their brochure photos.

[Stubby]

I like the sorta blue flame you can get with Hawthorn .

[neiln]

Well I split 12-18" diameter rings with a hatchet, id call that really really really easy.

 

Holy pine?  Blessed?

[nepia]

Fair enough.  Lucky you to have such timber!