What wood is this please?

[Witterings]

Can anybody tell me what wood this is?

 

Mother in law has just had a burner installed, I gave her some wood I had which burnt absolutely fine and she ordered some kiln dried of which this is one log and it burns really poorly .... It lights but is difficult to keep it alight.

 

I stuck a moisture meter on it and it's between 14 and 16% so pretty much what kiln dried should be but it's really not great!

Edited 3 hours ago by Witterings

[Squaredy]

11 minutes ago, Witterings said:

Can anybody tell me what wood this is?

 

Mother in law has just had a burner installed, I gave her some wood I had which burnt absolutely fine and she ordered some kiln dried of which this is one log and it burns really poorly .... It lights but is difficult to keep it alight.

 

I stuck a moisture meter on it and it's between 14 and 16% so pretty much what kiln dried should be but it's really not great!

You need to attach the photo. 

 

But also when you tested the moisture did you split a piece and test the middle?

[Witterings]

12 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

You need to attach the photo. 

 

But also when you tested the moisture did you split a piece and test the middle?

 

Cheers for that, have now attached☺️

[Squaredy]

43 minutes ago, Witterings said:

 

Cheers for that, have now attached☺️

A photo of the cut end would help.  And how did you test the moisture?  In the middle or the edge?  It makes a massive difference.

[Witterings]

20 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

A photo of the cut end would help.  And how did you test the moisture?  In the middle or the edge?  It makes a massive difference.

 

Where it's a tall cheese shapes wedge I did it all round with the meter apart from the bark side and they were all pretty much the same.

I didn't recognise the wood as anything I'd seen before so just wondered if maybe whatever it is just isn't great for stoves.

[AHPP]

Kiln drying for firewood is a con. It dries the ends so aggressively that the xylem collapse. The water in the middle can't escape.

Or so I see the world anyway.

 

 

[Squaredy]

29 minutes ago, Witterings said:

 

Where it's a tall cheese shapes wedge I did it all round with the meter apart from the bark side and they were all pretty much the same.

I didn't recognise the wood as anything I'd seen before so just wondered if maybe whatever it is just isn't great for stoves.

So what you are saying is you only tested the outside.  If it has been kilned quickly the outside will be dry and the middle sopping wet.  You need to split a large piece and test the centre.  All wood will burn well if dry. 

[AHPP]

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Edited 1 hour ago by AHPP

[AHPP]

50 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Kiln drying for firewood is a con. It dries the ends so aggressively that the xylem collapse. The water in the middle can't escape.

Or so I see the world anyway.

 

 

 

31 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

So what you are saying is you only tested the outside.  If it has been kilned quickly the outside will be dry and the middle sopping wet.  You need to split a large piece and test the centre.  All wood will burn well if dry. 

 

Or they just don't leave it in the kiln long enough.

[Stere]

Maybe its punkwood

 

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