Burning dry firewood but with high resin content?

[Lucan]

Got a fair bit of larch that I felled and split last Aug, although it is dry (16-18%) it still has a lot of resin in it. Is it ok to burn in a wood stove or should I leave it for another season? I have tried burning a bit and it doesn't seem to burn as clean and needs a lot more air to get it going.

[se7enthdevil]

was the mc from the surface or did you split a bit and then measure it?

 

 

it might still be a bit high in the middle?

[Lucan]

MC content is from splitting and measuring (sapwood and heartwood). The wood has been cut into small logs (<4"dia) and dried in a barn for over a year now so plenty time for softwood. When you split the log you can see the resin, bark is still "super-glued" to the wood, etc. Got about 2 months supply so checking first as I have not been able to find too much info.

[AardvarkTreeServices]

Assuming it was august 2014 then if its the only wood you've got burn away. If you've got other wood then personally I'd keep it till winter 2016.

 

As far as resin is concerned if your flue is insulated and you run a hot stove then no worries burning sticky wood. We burn a fair bit of resinous stuff and dont have any problems with tarring or smoke but thats in a stove run hot with a well insulated flue.

[Jim B]

There was a report out by the FC stating that the resin creates a super hot gas causing a very good clean burn.

[arboriculturist]

There was a report out by the FC stating that the resin creates a super hot gas causing a very good clean burn.

 

Can you find a link to that? Thanks

[Darrin Turnbull]

I was told by a chimmney sweep , softwoods need to be about 20% then there's no problem.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Be careful if you're burning larch on a open fire , bad for spitting.

[se7enthdevil]

Assuming it was august 2014 then if its the only wood you've got burn away. If you've got other wood then personally I'd keep it till winter 2016.

 

As far as resin is concerned if your flue is insulated and you run a hot stove then no worries burning sticky wood. We burn a fair bit of resinous stuff and dont have any problems with tarring or smoke but thats in a stove run hot with a well insulated flue.

 

the perfect advice, keep it hot and you have nothing to worry about.

[cornish wood burner]

Got a fair bit of larch that I felled and split last Aug, although it is dry (16-18%) it still has a lot of resin in it. Is it ok to burn in a wood stove or should I leave it for another season? I have tried burning a bit and it doesn't seem to burn as clean and needs a lot more air to get it going.

 

Do you know for a fact that its 16-18% or is that just what your meter is telling you?