Why not burn seasoned soft wood in log burners

[cessna]

Am I correct in thinking that most Scandinavian countries burn mostly softwood in there log burners, the countries from which they originated from, as I thought that the biggest percentage of there forests are softwood.

If so WHY OH WHY,do log burner suppliers tell customers to use only well seasoned hard wood,and not to use softwood,especially now hardwood is getting so expensive and scarce.

Sustainability of wood as a fuel???????

[Lyncombe-climber]

Totally agree. But they just won't be educated

[difflock]

not sure about that as, at least from any promo material i have seen for either logs of firewood equipment.

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[Bearded Munch]

I burn softwood on mine Larch and Pine are good, conifer okay(ish) but I mix it with hardwoods.

[Woodworks]

The argument I hear against softwoods is that the resins tar up the chimney. I have no experience of this it's just what I hear my customers say.

[H-A]

I burn pallets in mine, that is seasoned soft wood.

 

I also burn any wood I get some seasoned, some wet, big or small, it all makes the house warm.

 

I do draw the line with some particle board as it stinks, and don't bother with tanalised timber.

 

H-A

[se7enthdevil]

soft woods i burn are yew, lelandii, cedar, old pallets and anything free that is wood

 

i too steer clear of man made or tanalised because of the chemicals in them. formaldahyde and cyanide to name but two.

 

any softwood bone dry will give of plenty if light and a decent amount of heat.

[Alycidon]

Am I correct in thinking that most Scandinavian countries burn mostly softwood in there log burners, the countries from which they originated from, as I thought that the biggest percentage of there forests are softwood.

If so WHY OH WHY,do log burner suppliers tell customers to use only well seasoned hard wood,and not to use softwood,especially now hardwood is getting so expensive and scarce.

Sustainability of wood as a fuel???????

 

 

Because most of them have no idea of the bigger picture and frankly once the stove is out of the door and paid for care even less.

 

You are quite correct, most wood burnt in Scandinavian countries is soft, it grows well in those climates, so they have lots of it. Morso test their stoves using Pine, in burns hotter than most.

 

I offer both hard and soft, use the charts on Wilsons site to prove that soft burns hotter than hard and another to demonstrate the effect of moisture on heat output. Helps me sell logs.

 

With the cost of both hard and soft cord on the rise I may now start to look hard at importing as opposed to buying cord and preparing my own. Probably run them side by side for a while.

 

A

[Logsnstuff]

I sell both and tar is only an issue really if you don't season it, I've had several customers change from hardwood to softwood, the main issue is for sure the stove sellers telling people only seasoned hardwood. I prefer douglas & larch for my stove, wasn't too fond of pine and spruce is good on a chilly summer night not sure I'd want it for -20

[ballibeg]

There's more energy in a m3 of hardwood than a m3 of softwood. My log store has two 13m3 bays. A bay of hardwood lasts a year. I'd need a 17m3 storage bay if burning softwood.

 

Dave