Seasoned Beech that has "spalted" Beech as firewood.

[cessna]

I have quite a bit of Beech 2.5mtr long cordwood that has spalted in the middle due to it being in a stack for about 2yrs,and not split,bad management on my part!!

Due to all the rain we have had it is quite wet ,in your experience will it dry out quite quickly when logged up, that is assuming relative humidity is lower than t 90% plus, (unfortunately the Hygrometer I have just bought and put in my processing is registering in the high 90s most of the time)!!!!!!

Off topic .How the Woodsure  gurus think one can keep logs at 20% with RH in the High 90s I dont know, but when you are working in a nice office at 20c in front of a computer one can work wonders ,rant over.

[Stere]

Find that wood that  has rot in it  never burns as well even if dried out, probably it has lost some calorific value.

 

There was even a special word for it in the book Norwegian Wood.

Edited February 8, 2021 by Stere

[bilke_user]

I split about 30t of big blown beech every year for the estate big house to burn.  Spalted stuff burns well and drys just as well as any. Rotten, i.e spongey, drys well enough and burns well enough but doesn't give much heat
 

 

[nepia]

By 'logged up' do you include splitting?  It'll dry fine if split and kept under a lid but if you leave it in lengths unsplit it'll probably rot to varying degrees

[Lowestoft Firewood]

I'm currently burning beech which was left outside a similar amount of time to yours and was then split and has been in a shed for a couple of months and it's burning lovely. 

[trigger_andy]

Spalted Beech can still be rock solid. 

 

Depending on the diameter might be worth seeing if anyone is interested in them for milling? 

[Gav73]

It’s what I’m burning at the minute! Great amount of heat coming off it

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, Gav73 said:

It’s what I’m burning at the minute! Great amount of heat coming off it

I will take an increasing in length blue line as " great amount of heat " 👍

[openspaceman]

11 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I will take an increasing in length blue line as " great amount of heat " 👍

I suspect you need to update your browser, it didn't work on mine either

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, openspaceman said:

I suspect you need to update your browser, it didn't work on mine either

I'm on FireFox . Think it updates  automatically but could be wrong there .