Pallet wood ID

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, Paper Rustler said:

Open fires and wood-burning stoves - a practical guide (defra.gov.uk)

Maybe think of them more as ‘guidelines’….

 

….rather than actual law.

 

Edited July 15 by Bolt

[GarethM]

DEFRA be a cruel mistress 

[Rob_the_Sparky]

"Treated waste wood and household rubbish can emit harmful fumes and toxic pollutants, such are arsenic, into your home when burnt."

 

HT pallets are heat treated, no chemicals used and TBH it is hard to find a pallet that is not this now, there are some so you have to check but not many.  Nothing wrong with burning these.

Those "wood" blocks contain glue so you might not want to burn those.  As above though lots of surface area, very dry softwood will burn fast.  If you do not give it enough air then you will get soot (incomplete burn).

 

I only use them for kindling TBH as it just burns too fast for much else.