How long will alder logs last?

[Steven P]

Number 2 - apart from a few woods, you can use them all on a BBQ, hot embers are hot embers, managed well you can keep a 'fire' with flames at one end and as you add fuel to this end it will push hot embers along the rest of the BBQ,,, hottest at one end, cooler at the other.

 

Firewood - even in the UK, just don't mention the word firewood in an advert, sell them as logs.....

 

All wood will sell freshly cut but for a lower price than seasoned

 

 

 

.. and weird this should come up, was chopping up an Alder yesterday - I'll let you know how it is to burn next year!

 

[Stere]

Maybe be he meant as smoker wood?

 

Alder Wood Chips | Hot Smoked

HOTSMOKED.CO.UK

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Flavour Guide LIGHT Alder is a light and delicate smoke flavour with a hint of sweetness. Pair with any fish and salmon in...

 

Used in addition to using charcoal

[Macpherson]

8 minutes ago, Stere said:

Maybe be he meant as smoker wood?

 

Alder Wood Chips | Hot Smoked

HOTSMOKED.CO.UK

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Flavour Guide LIGHT Alder is a light and delicate smoke flavour with a hint of sweetness. Pair with any fish and salmon in...

 

Used in addition to using charcoal

 

Aye, it's great for smoking but you've got to take the bark off first or it makes the food bitter👍

[Steven P]

5 hours ago, Stere said:

Maybe be he meant as smoker wood?

 

I'm going to have to get into these, 500g for £7!

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

I'm going to have to get into these, 500g for £7!

Like everything it’s the work involved to get to a finished viable product. If it was that easy we’d all be doing it 

[Mr. Ed]

Forgive the crudeness of my work here (she’s different and better) but we love rotten alder - used some for a floor and my missus turned a lovely bowl. 
 

 

 

[coppice cutter]

Used to be used for clogs so must be quite durable.

 

Would be concerned about it's longevity though surely?

 

*edit* - maybe treatable with something to stop it degrading in such an application?

Edited February 27, 2023 by coppice cutter

[david lawrence]

👍great bowl

[trigger_andy]

9 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

Forgive the crudeness of my work here (she’s different and better) but we love rotten alder - used some for a floor and my missus turned a lovely bowl. 
 

 

 

Cracking bowl. Flooring looks too far gone for my liking. 

[Squaredy]

12 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

Forgive the crudeness of my work here (she’s different and better) but we love rotten alder - used some for a floor and my missus turned a lovely bowl. 
 

 

 

Wow, what a bowl.  I am sure the flooring looks great - I love spalted alder.  Maybe it needs a more general photo to show the effect.

 

In response to durability questions - don't bother with alder for outdoor projects - despite the general belief that it is durable underwater.  Lots of timbers are durable underwater - deep in mud there may be no oxygen.

 

Indoors though it is great.  Not hard though, so bathroom floor it is ideal for - or bedroom.  But not a hall or kitchen or dance floor!