Horse Chestnut

[Bald Monkey]

Does anybody know if Horse-Chestnut would make good firewood and does it take much seasoning? We have recently been cross cutting some at college and was wondering whether I could use it on the fire. I've noticed in a book that I have parts of it are toxic. Does this rule it out?

 

Cheers

[skyhuck]

Not the best fire wood but burns if dry, they reckon 2 years seasoning is best, but if you speed up the drying with Poly tunnels and the like, would be ready sooner.

 

Oh and one of Rupe's girl friends says it burns better if you remove the bark!.

[Log-ologist]

yuk, burns like a bowl of p***

[Bald Monkey]

yuk, burns like a bowl of p***

 

Because the tree had been down for quite a while and the wood seemed quite dry I tried burning some at the weekend and to my surprise it wasn't too bad. So much so I've been to get some more - its free after all !!

[Andy Collins]

Never had a problem burning h Chestnut, just split it, dry it out, and mixin well with other (better) timber.

[Mr Ed]

All wood burns if seasoned. I reckon it wont be long before poplar and willow are getting dried and split for firewood as demand increases.

[Buzz]

I use poplar kindling on my fires all the time as it's free

[niftysteve]

i sold trailer load of new ly cut willow saved the the time of burning it on bonfire night

[bill]

anyone know if sweetchestnut is as bad?

[Steve Bullman]

sweet chestnut spits extremely badly....dont sell it to anyone with an open fire whatever you do! on the plus side when very dry it burns well and produces very little ash