need dry wood

[likeitorlumpit]

Have you tried softwood????

 

I have a large outdoor boiler (similar to a Farm 2000) last week I brought home some green Leyandi, straight from a job, felled that day. I put some on the boiler, that night the system boiled, I had to go out at 3AM with a hosepipe to cool the fire down!!!

 

This from the guy who only believes in burning seasoned wood.

Needs must maybe:001_smile:

[niftysteve]

Yeah, I mainly burn softwood (well, Willow but also a fair bit of pine). It's fine, but I do find hardwood has some advantages sometimes.

 

To keep my Morso 1412 in overnight is easier with hardwood for sure. Different kettle of fish to your large boiler burner though!

 

some stoves it does more harm than good if you keep them in over night just slumbering

[thomashenry]

some stoves it does more harm than good if you keep them in over night just slumbering

 

I never let them slumber, the overnight 'burn' technique I use is to put on as much wood as possible about 1 hour before bedtime, and let it burn as normal down to charcoal. At this point, I shut the stove's air supplies off completely. The charcoal will burn very very slowly for about 7 hours if there's enough of it.

[skyhuck]

This from the guy who only believes in burning seasoned wood.

Needs must maybe:001_smile:

 

No not when your boiler is 500,000BTU's or 150K.

 

I only say that wood gives of less heat when wet than when dry, when people are slagging off Pop, Willow, Chestnut, etc.

 

I need to burn green timber, dry timber wood be to hot and my system wood boil most of the time, plus its a lot easier to just tip wood straight from jobs next to the boiler.

[Minotaur]

HullsmillFarm - I'd say it was a very good offer.

 

Brewup - if I was you, I bite his hand off

[Peter]

Sounds like your boiler is a bit over specified, have you considered selling heat to your neighbours or getting a big heated swimming pool?!

 

Dry wood produces more heat, but only because when burning wet wood heat is wasted boiling off the water. If you don't have a chimney to tar up then it doesn't really matter how much water you burn!

[skyhuck]

Sounds like your boiler is a bit over specified, have you considered selling heat to your neighbours or getting a big heated swimming pool?!

 

Dry wood produces more heat, but only because when burning wet wood heat is wasted boiling off the water. If you don't have a chimney to tar up then it doesn't really matter how much water you burn!

 

I have built the pool, just sorting out wether its better to move the boiler and pipe to the house or leave boiler where it is and pipe to pool.

[brewpup]

hullsmillfarm yes good offer thanks. where abouts in essex . i,m near bury and running an old 2.5 petrol jeep so dont want to travel to silly far.and yes hard wood keeps my clearview going nice from 11pm till 530am with a few sticks she burst in to life. soft wood it would be stone cold. cherry is awsome.

[renewablejohn]

I was going to make you a similar offer as your on my doorstep until I twigged that the Bury your referring to is not the one near Bolton.

[farmer_ben]

why do so many folks with wood burners insist on having hardwood for their stoves??

If it's of any interest to you brewpup i'll take your 2 cube of green wood in exchange for 4 cube of untreated kiln dried softwood offcuts... you're sorting the transport though

 

This man loves a deal!!!! Hows the pork Chris? If I had a log burner I'd snap up some off them off cuts, they looked lovely the other day!