Burning firewood floor sweepings

[Muddy42]

I remove as much kindling and bark as I can be bothered and then add a shovel or two occasionally to a hot stove.  Best avoided for an open fire.  If the stove is too cool or you add too much it dampens the fire down too much and smokes.  The eco angus boiler works on a fan so can accept much more.

 

I cant see why this would cause any problems for your flue, as long as its dry.

[Steven P]

If it is dry then I see no problem with it - what I do suffer from is other stuff in the sweepings that shouldn't go on the fire - nails, screws, cut off cable ties and so on. very similar to burning sawdust, don't smother the fire and a little and often works best.

[peds]

Anything with a slight question mark over it I save for burning outside... every six months or so I burn the accumulation of scrap pallet wood, and with it the bucket of skirting board offcuts, mitre saw debris, etc.

Depending on the quantity of nails and the relative proportion of plywood, MDF, anything like that, the ash is then either kept, composted or scattered along a hedge.

[openspaceman]

7 hours ago, Steven P said:

don't smother the fire and a little and often works best.

Yes but if I have a lot I clean the stove bed, put the *dry* offal onto the bottom and build the fire on top, as long as the stove gets good and hot it all goes.

Edited Monday at 15:24 by openspaceman
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