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Us it ok to burn pressure treated wood on an open fire in a house?
Not really unless you're happy releasing the treatment chemicals into the atmosphere/your front room.
I wouldn't personally. I have heard that it gives off noxious fumes (potentially lethal) but this could be hearsay/urban myth. However, I happily burn it occasionally in my woodburner and I am not dead yet!
releasing the treatment chemicals into the atmosphere
I happily burn it occasionally in my woodburner
The treatments are usually metals and heavy. It doesn't float necessarily float around in the air and then up the chimney- about 80% of what was in the wood will end up, in a much greater concentration, in the ash pan
Older pressure treated timber contains arsenic, which is not destroyed by the temperatures in fire/stove, it is dumped into the atmosphere, and the ash which you have in your fireplace also contains very dangerous levels.
Chemicals in the atmosphere can alter your dna, not for the better.
I'm not sure if its treated but I'm currently using a chopped up softwood wardrobe that we stained as kindling. Wouldn't try and run the stove/fire on it as the main fuel though.
ok so thats a no then. bugger.
having issues using wood from the lcal wood. its very dry but it just doesnt seam to burn very well. It smoulders ok but the house bloody stinks this morning.
Sounds like the wood is rotten - I bet it feels a bit soft and light. The smell could well be cold air coming down the chimney and bringing with it the smell of the soot and whatever else is coating the inside of the flue.
We used to have this problem particularly badly on one of our open fires in the winter if it wasn't lit but the fire in the other room was. You could feel the cold air flowing down the flue and across the floor. It was one of the reasons I put the first stove in.
You need some proper logs and not crap that's been on the ground in your wood (I won't go into the actual legalities of taking the wood) - it will make all the difference
Alternatively have you thought about briquets.... there are some good ones around.
+1 for briquettes
I just had 1,000kg delivered for £200.
There seems to be different types on offer - look for the thicker diameter ones - seem to burn very well and look nicer than the smaller ones.
They have so little moisture in them, you need to make sure they are bagged to avoid picking up moisture from the air!
ahhh yes its rotten, i didnt think that would be an issue.
Apparantley Hotties briquettes are good (don't absorb moisture from the air)
alibongo - what briquettes and where from please
UKtimberlimited from ebay as below:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261601501879?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I should say I am not affiliated in any way, there may be better deals out there, but this is the best I could find!
If others know of any better sources of wood, please chip in.................especially in the Halifax area!
I should say I am not affiliated in any way, there may be better deals out there, but this is the best I could find!
Oh wait that's for 500kg 😳
@ alibongo001 I've just had a load of trees cut down but don't have a burner. Email me and you can come and help yourself.
Scapegoat Hill 😀