Driftwood for firewood? Illegal?

[fergusonforestry]

We had tons and tons on the beaches back in 2009 Timber clearance from Kent & Suffolk beaches I heard some blokes made 8' 12' sheds with there haul, trailer loads left the beaches

 

that happened a good few year back at home in the islands a ship lost tons of timber overboard all of a sudden new sheds everywhere

[Stephen Blair]

Mmmmmmmsheds !!!!

[twistedhicap]

Back in 2003 when the first recent lot was washed off the decks in the English Channel I was working in Lydd on a far we cleared from rye harbour to almost dun genesis lol we got 5 or 6 twelve tonne grain trailer loads off the beach !

 

Most of the new builds were made from it round the sheds we left itin the rain for a few weeks !

 

You should declare tithe salvage company's if its cargo and they then decide if it has value etc most write it off due to contamination

[face cord]

But is it safe?

 

The reason not to burn driftwood is that when organics such as wood are burned in the presence of chlorides, dioxin is created in the flue gas.

 

Is It Safe to Burn Driftwood in a Stove?

 

Also alot of stoves manuals say it casues corrosion.

[easy-lift guy]

But is it safe?

 

 

 

Is It Safe to Burn Driftwood in a Stove?

 

Also alot of stoves manuals say it casues corrosion.

 

Reads like you may have already answered your question. I would not give any of my customers a reason to complain, knowingly:sneaky2:.

Happy New Year.

easy-lift guy

[martin p]

Might be as well to google driftwood. There is something I recall about toxic fumes from driftwood, due to the salt its soaked up. May be nothing, but worth checking.

 

I remember reading once somewhere that burning driftwood can corrode stoves and flue liners etc due to the salt contamination,dont know how true this is?

[treequip]

Ummmmm

 

H&S applied out of context perhaps

 

The linked article says

 

The forest industry would float logs down the coast to the big sawmills, then they would burn the resulting scrap in teepee burners.

 

The article says burning scrap which is by and large the carcasing, which would be the part of the timber with most if not all the salt on it. Its also the barked area with lots of fissures and surface area, most driftwood is long devoid of its bark.

 

If you are taking driftwood and splitting it for burning the extremities may well be contaminated but how much of the internal timber will have any salt? not much methinks.

 

So pick the stuff without bark on it, better for your saws and health (allegegedly)