Stinky wood question

[Taupotreeman]

Burns fine after six months or so and as long as it's kept dry. Makes excellent kindling.

[felixthelogchopper]

Once it's dry you need to keep it dry as it will soak up water if exposed to damp or wet. You will find that it is excellent for kindling as it is straight grained and splits very easily so, unless you have another source, I would use some for that.

[predator]

Once it's dry you need to keep it dry as it will soak up water if exposed to damp or wet. You will find that it is excellent for kindling as it is straight grained and splits very easily so, unless you have another source, I would use some for that.

 

good thinking i will sort the pop for kinderling then will it store ok under open shelter etc

 

and thanks for your input too very greatfull for all the info and advice you all give very kind your all good people

[felixthelogchopper]

good thinking i will sort the pop for kinderling then will it store ok under open shelter etc

 

and thanks for your input too very greatfull for all the info and advice you all give very kind your all good people

 

It will be alright as long as it isn't getting wet and there is a good airflow through it. Whatever wood you are storing, make sure it is off the deck (up on pallets is best) to stop the damp and to allow a good draught under it. If you are going to knock it into kindling, try and do it while it is still green as it will split easier and dry quicker. Just mind your fingers when you are doing it.

[Stubby]

Pop is the worst for soaking up moisture . You got to keep it bone dry . Makes good kindling as said . Not a very high calorific value but burns well when dry , too fast some say . They make matches from it .

[skyhuck]

Pop is the worst for soaking up moisture . You got to keep it bone dry . Makes good kindling as said . Not a very high calorific value but burns well when dry , too fast some say . They make matches from it .

 

Have you got a link to this information???

 

My understanding is that all timber has pretty much the same calorific value, weight for weight, Pop once dry is very light, so you will burn more of it by volume to get the same heat as say Beech or Ash which are far denser and heavier.

 

I have boiled my central heating with Pop, it was dryer than I realised and I put to much into my boiler.

 

As has already been posted, get it dry and keep it dry

[openspaceman]

Pop is the worst for soaking up moisture . You got to keep it bone dry .

 

I agree

 

 

Makes good kindling as said .

 

And that started a major firewood business

 

Not a very high calorific value

 

Same as most hardwood and a bit less than most conifer weight for weight

They make matches from it .

 

Matches burn mostly the wax they are dipped in, poplar (aspen) probably chosen for strength:weight ratio and non splintering

[Stereo]

I had about 10 cube split a few years ago and left it out over summer. It was bone dry but unfotnunately I didn't get it in before the weather turned and a couple days rain on it, it was soaked right through again. It must be kept in a shed once dried. Good firewood though.

[Stubby]

Have you got a link to this information???

 

My understanding is that all timber has pretty much the same calorific value, weight for weight, Pop once dry is very light, so you will burn more of it by volume to get the same heat as say Beech or Ash which are far denser and heavier.

 

I have boiled my central heating with Pop, it was dryer than I realised and I put to much into my boiler.

 

As has already been posted, get it dry and keep it dry

 

O.K. yea I see what you mean . Perhaps I should have worded it better . Its the ton of lead / ton of feathers thing . If you had a sack of well seasoned bone dry hickory you would need , say 6 sacks of simarly well seasoned bone dry pop to generate the same amount of heat .

[monkeybusiness]

If it was given to you for free I wouldn't complain too much - pop burns fine once it is dry (that's why they make matches out of it). Oak can smell like that sometimes too. Once you get it burning all you'll smell is woodsmoke!