does chestnut burn well?

[richardwale]

My opinion is that h chestnut burns like a dream when seasoned, spits when green but burns hot as u like in a stove when dry. Not as good as oak, of course, but a good burning wood when in a stove

[csservices]

Have'nt had any for a few years but as I remember it was decent enough stuff mixed in with others, think it was sweet that I had, don't remember any trouble splitting or drying it

[mechtrev]

had some horse chestnut couple of years ago everyone said no good as firewood.

I split it straight from tree within a couple of weeks dried for 8 months burnt lovely. it split so well I could of rebuilt tree in house from the split logs.

[richardwale]

I forgot to also add that splitting it was probably the easiest wood to log. I remember thinking if only all cord was this easy.....

[likeitorlumpit]

depends what your fire is.

I had comments from someone I cut for that recently felled ash did not burn well on an open fire. It burns like hell on my log burners.

Probably same comments apply to H C.- never burnt it myself but everything else burns so ' why not'?

[bigdave]

2 year old split chestnut should burn fine, that is the normal turnaround time.

Have you covered it?

 

 

 

yep it is in my log store barn all the other wood in there is seasoned below 25% mc on inside after a few months

 

the sweet chestnut just wont dry it will burn the outer ok but as soon as it burns through to the inner part of the log it just hisses & then slowly goes out!

 

it looks like good dry wood but will not burn due to the high mc on the inner part of the log!

 

when you split one of the logs you can see it is wet with a dry ring round the edge!

[Le Sanglier]

yep it is in my log store barn all the other wood in there is seasoned below 25% mc on inside after a few months

 

the sweet chestnut just wont dry it will burn the outer ok but as soon as it burns through to the inner part of the log it just hisses & then slowly goes out!

 

it looks like good dry wood but will not burn due to the high mc on the inner part of the log!

 

when you split one of the logs you can see it is wet with a dry ring round the edge!

 

Well, it's an odd one Dave, out here chestnut is the "go to" wood for burners.

Cannot really help.

[StephF]

I got hold of some sweet chestnut last year and it burnt beautifull, like oak, smells like oak too when you cut it,

[Graham]

I had 20 ton of sweet chestnut cord dropped off at home once. Never again. Hung on to every last drop of water.

[richardwale]

Sweet chestnut is a totally different wood to horse. I agree, avoid sweet, but horse is superb when dry. It's not an opinion, I've burnt the stuff and its hot as you like!