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Bulldog Senior Member Offline Forum newbie Posts: 339 Joined: Jan 10^th, 2011	Olive burning Jan 15^th, 2012 at 6:11pm	Print Post
	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


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robo Ex Member	Re: Olive burning Reply #1 - Jan 15^th, 2012 at 6:26pm	Print Post
	i do not know about olice but almond is a no no, will give off lots of tar


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bruixot Ex Member	Re: Olive burning Reply #2 - Jan 15^th, 2012 at 7:24pm	Print Post
	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


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Nobrot Ex Member	Re: Olive burning Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 2012 at 9:46am	Print Post
	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.


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cactus jack Global Moderator Offline If I agree with you, then we would both be wrong Posts: 928 Location: bitem Joined: Dec 17^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Olive burning Reply #4 - Jan 16^th, 2012 at 10:18am	Print Post
	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.

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philmountains Senior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 460 Location: Skipton North Yorkshire Joined: Mar 25^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Olive burning Reply #5 - Jan 16^th, 2012 at 6:51pm	Print Post
	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 LOL.


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Bulldog Senior Member Offline Forum newbie Posts: 339 Joined: Jan 10^th, 2011	Re: Olive burning Reply #6 - Jan 17^th, 2012 at 7:17pm	Print Post
	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.


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philmountains Senior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 460 Location: Skipton North Yorkshire Joined: Mar 25^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Olive burning Reply #7 - Jan 17^th, 2012 at 7:30pm	Print Post
	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


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cactus jack Global Moderator Offline If I agree with you, then we would both be wrong Posts: 928 Location: bitem Joined: Dec 17^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Olive burning Reply #8 - Jan 17^th, 2012 at 10:41pm	Print Post
	Bulldog, salt is bad for the heart but good for the hearth Phil, just open the door and chuck it in

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