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So I'm starting to learn more about wood and it's property's.

 

Softwood is a simple taboo to some people but I'm beginning to like the stuff.

 

What are people's opinion on the subject

 

and can you name me the best softwood to burn if any

 

love any help cheers :)

 

All wood burns if its dry . I burn what I have . conifer included .

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Has 90% Of my tree work is Coni bashing i LOVE BURNING IT , just keep the chimney well swept though and no leaks in chimney has this can have a dire effect in the loft space with the sparks off it .

 

Instant heat from it too.

 

Explain???

 

So wouldn't that happen if it was seasoned?

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There is a great deal of confusion in the UK regarding the best wood to burn as well as woods to avoid. All wood is good to burn in a stove as long as it is dry. Even seemingly reliable sources of information sometimes get this completely wrong. You may read or be told that only hardwood logs are suitable and that you should not burn pine or conifer as these contain sap? or resins which tar up the chimney. This is rubbish. You may be told that there is more heat in hardwood than softwood. Again, not true. The calorific (heat) value of a kilo of softwood is almost identical to that of a kilo of hardwood, the softwood is just less dense so it takes up more space. You will have to put more pieces of a given softwood

into your stove than you will hardwood, but weight for weight, the heat output will be about the same. With this in mind you should pay at least a third less for a given volume of softwood over hardwood.

 

 

 

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