London Plane, any good for burning?

[treesnakey]

Ive heard it just sits there and smoulders. Does anyone know if its any good?

[Peter]

Excellent firewood. Tends to have a very high moisture content when cut, hence the smoulding reputation. Dry it properly and it will burn very well.

[delabodge]

burns fine when dry mate,,,,but so does most stuff,,lol

[jasonblack72]

if its timber and dry it will burn mate!!!

[csservices]

As has been said burns well if seasoned properly, but can take some splitting

[chilli]

Peter (above) brought me a 10 tonne load of Plane mid July. By the end of August it was all cut, split & stacked under cover. Come January that was the only wood I had left & I cautiously offered it to customers thinking it wasn't really ready but, everyone loved it & said it burned wonderfully. Now it's all gone & people are asking for more of the same!

[johnty]

There's so much hype about wood and its quallities, i find everything burns if you split it quick and store it, ill sell anything, as long as i tell the client what it is and how wet or dry it might be, they seem happy.

Not had any complaints anyway:blushing:

My only advice stay away from poplar as it's like a sponge, and stays like it for years.

[tommer9]

Dont really know how well it burns, but it is very high quality timber and pretty prized when milled......

[plippy]

i have a cabinet maker who buys oak from me and mills it himself, but he's always banging on about london plane and that if ive got a big enuff peice he'l av it

[THE88MAN]

its a rich mans sycamore