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Title: Olive burning
Post by Bulldog on Jan 15^th, 2012 at 6:11pm

Hi,
Is it safe to burn freshly cut olive and almond wood or would it cause damage to the chimney flue or wood burning stove.
Many thanks, Bulldog

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by robo on Jan 15^th, 2012 at 6:26pm

i do not know about olice but almond is a no no, will give off lots of tar

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by bruixot on Jan 15^th, 2012 at 7:24pm

I have heard that burning fresh wood can cause soot and resin problems in chimneys/fires and there is a fire hazard in open fires that fresh wood would( :) ) pop and spit and could toss embers out and set fires but obviously not a severe problem in a stove. I know that fresh wood is not as efficient, heatwise, as "seasoned wood" it just needs the time to dry out/cure. If you are desperate for heat you could use fresh wood short term but make sure your chimney gets checked/cleaned regularly.
Bruixot

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by Nobrot on Jan 16^th, 2012 at 9:46am

Agree,burning 'wey wood' is false econmy.It doesn't burn at all well and produces a lot of steam and smoke which will tar up your chimney if used regulaly and little heat.

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by cactus jack on Jan 16^th, 2012 at 10:18am

If you only have fresh cut wood then make sure that you put aout 1/2 kilo of salt onto a good fire about once a week. This will help keep the soot and tar to a minimum It is true that you get less heat from green wood, but it's better than being cold.

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by philmountains on Jan 16^th, 2012 at 6:51pm

Hi Jack That's a great tip with the salt, I will give this a try I have seen the packets sold on eBay for cleaning the flue out once a month,I was going to give them a try but salts a damn site cheaper!! I mainly burn pallets in my wood burner here in the UK, and they are not the best way to go they smoke !soft wood, even when bone dry, but are free. As I only fit my wood burner A couple of month,s I am still on a learning curve with it, but boy it kicks out a load of heat for a 8 KW model, but even with a flue damper fitted into the flue it still eats timber.
I am also building a gas bottle wood burner, for the donkey shed over in Tortosa I cannot wait for the day when I'm sitting next to it with a glass a glass of wine ;D LOL.

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by Bulldog on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 7:17pm

Many thanks to all on the wood burning advice. C.J thanks for the advice on salt him indoors says if medical advice states its bad for us are you sure its ok for the chimney!!!!!!!
Bulldog.

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by philmountains on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 7:30pm

C.J re- the salt how would you administer to the wood burner ? also can you buy coal in around Tortosa ?
Thanks again for this interesting advise
Phil

Title: Re: Olive burning
Post by cactus jack on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 10:41pm

Bulldog, salt is bad for the heart but good for the hearth :)

Phil, just open the door and chuck it in :)