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


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12 hours ago, Stubby said:

I like the blue flame you get with Hawthorn .

 

Oddly for me, I haven't thought in great detail just what exactly appeals about the hawthorn specifically.

 

But rest assured I'll certainly pay heed now next time there's a chunk on!

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Mostly hawthorn and oak on ours,lit it last night for the first time this season
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Yep, i lit up for first time sunday night! Love it when fires lit and all is quiet! [emoji4] even more so now the mrs decided to leave, so just me and my pooch [emoji190] and defo no ear ache! [emoji108]
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E.gunni grows like a weed!  I must admit it smells great when cutting and splitting and it splits easily but with growth rings half inch apart it's not very dense.  I'll take it occasionally, but for a fast burning soft wood to get the stove going I prefer Leyland cypress.  It may be slightly harder to split with its knots but it's a decent density.
 
It's weird, euc in native aus is dense, some of the gums sink in water! 


It sinks here as well, as I found out once when working over a swimming pool.
Had to put on a Eddie Murphy accent to tell
the client there was a log in his pool! [emoji23]
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Interesting selection of comments. Drum roll! The winners are:-

 

Hawthorn    10 votes
Oak    7 votes
Yew    6 votes
Beech    4 votes
Ash    3 votes
Hornbeam    3 votes
Sycamore    3 votes
Blackthorn    2 votes
Eucalyptus    2 votes

 

The following all received 1 vote:-

 

Accacia/Robinia/Black Locust       
Alder    
Almond    
Azobe    
Carob    
Elm    
Hazel    
Holly    
Laurel    
Leylandii    
Lime    
Olive    
Pine    
Rhody    
Sweet Chestnut   

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