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Morning chaps some of you more experienced wood burners might be able to help on this one. I've recently cut down a conifer tree for a friend & I've another one to follow shortly just wondering. Does the wood once fully dried out burn well in a log burner or is it not worth bothering with I believe it can hold a lot of sap which can cause problems in the stove? Any advice welcome 

 

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Took down 21 pines and let it sit for a couple of years. 
Had zero probs with the flue, but we did have it swept annually. 
 

Only thing to say is, seems to burn a bit hotter and quicker and so you seem to be feeding it more….

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Last lot of conifer i had was off someone who read that it was not good to burn due to the high content of possible contaminants that would dissolve his wood burner. His loss my gain. 

As all of the above have said, leave it to season/dry and burn it, i like the smell and its brill for kindling, and it does burn hot. 

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57 minutes ago, Down South said:

Split & stack it, season it well and you’ll have good fuel. What type of conifer is it?

Will do I honestly couldn't tell you what type it was an old boy who turns wood came across when we were bringing it down enquiring about it but after seeing it said it was no good for turning if that helps at all??

1 hour ago, Jaymo said:

Took down 21 pines and let it sit for a couple of years. 
Had zero porns with the flue, but we did have it swept annually. 
 

Only thing to say is, seems to burn a bit hotter and quicker and so you seem to be feeding it more….

I better get my **** in gear & get it chopped up & drying don't mind if it burns quicker then most there is plenty to go at with this & the next one coming down cheers for the reply 

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I have two wood burners and if you don't want it let me know.  Joking apart, yes cut it split it and stack it in a spot where the wind and sun can get at it and an old pallet is handy to keep it off the ground. Put a cover on top but not the sides.  I would give it minimum of two years when it should be ok, all down to how small you split it. It will also make good starting wood split into sticks.    Some of us are luckier than others but this lot will sit four years before I burn it.  That end section is now roofed and full and another two stacks at either end.

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Back in my Boy Scout days (I think I can just about remember them) when we cooked on open fires we were guided on the burning properties of woods by an abridged version of The Firewood Poem by Lady Celia Congreve. It started

These hardwoods burn well and slowly, Ash, Beech, Hawthorn Oak and Holly,

Softwoods flare up quick and fine, Birch, Fir, Hazel, Larch and Pine,

Elm and Willow you’ll regret, Chestnut green and Sycamore wet.
 

There are many more verses, but  this is the one we were tested on.

 

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