Show us: your log burners and open fires

[Ridgeway]

This always puts a smile on my face:

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.

Chestnut’s only good they say,
If for logs ’tis laid away.

Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be.

But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze bright and do not last.

It is by the Irish said,
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.

Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E’en the very flames are cold.

But ash green or ash brown,
Is fit for a queen with golden crown

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.

Apple wood will scent your room,
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom.

Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter’s cold.

But ash wet or ash dry,
A king shall warm his slippers by.

 

[slowmotion]

Here's one of mine in the bike shed. I get it going on wood, then switch to coal, which burns slowly and steadily. Doesn't take a lot to keep the whole workshop at 28°C all day long.
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That little stove looks wonderful. Is it a special or do they manufacture them?

 

[rogerzilla]

Leylandii is surprisingly good in a stove (probably throws too many sparks for an open fire) and is also a way to get rid of it!

The Austrians (other alpine nations are available) just burn spruce, because it's what they have. Many houses have beautiful stacks of it up the walls and around the window frames. The forests are growing 7x faster than they are cutting them - spruce grows anywhere that isn't totally vertical.

 

[raleighnut]

100%, the temp in ours can be effected by many things and having some knowledge of what's going on inside is key to efficient burning.

We use a Stovax magnetic one on both ours

Ours is a Calfire but again magnetic, it just has a 'bimetal' coil so nothing to go wrong inside really.

 

[Notafettler]

Leylandii is surprisingly good in a stove

That was a silly thing to say. Keep it to yourself that way you will get more.

 

[Notafettler]

I don't know if anyone on here knows what the best wood is for burning?
Let's see if anyone does.
Come on let's here your views.

 

[bluenotebob]

I don't know if anyone on here knows what the best wood is for burning?
Let's see if anyone does.
Come on let's here your views.

Probably well-seasoned oak - but I keep that for the depths of the winter.

At this time of year, I'm burning beech and silver birch, with a bit of chestnut and willow.

 

[Notafettler]

Probably well-seasoned oak - but I keep that for the depths of the winter.

At this time of year, I'm burning beech and silver birch, with a bit of chestnut and willow.

Wrong!

 

[Julia9054]

Logs ordered last night, delivered this afternoon.

. . . by a Good Boy with a small crane

Stacked and ready for winter. Int' the internet marvelous!

 

[Reynard]

Best wood for burning...

Ash is probably the best all-rounder, followed closely by fruitwood. Oak burns cooler, but long and slow, if it's a hot fire you want, then hazel.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I haven't got a log burner/open fire

 

[Gunk]

I haven't got a log burner/open fire

you're on the wrong thread then chap!

 

[Ridgeway]

This always puts a smile on my face:

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.

Chestnut’s only good they say,
If for logs ’tis laid away.

Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be.

But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze bright and do not last.

It is by the Irish said,
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.

Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E’en the very flames are cold.

But ash green or ash brown,
Is fit for a queen with golden crown

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.

Apple wood will scent your room,
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom.

Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter’s cold.

But ash wet or ash dry,
A king shall warm his slippers by.

I don't know if anyone on here knows what the best wood is for burning?
Let's see if anyone does.
Come on let's here your views.

As above really. Beech and Ash are probably the most reliable woods i've burnt in the UK, oak is great but hard to come by. I also depends on your fire and your needs, we burn different wood in the Rayburn if we're baking in it as we bake on the downside of the heat, oak is great for that. And i prefer fruit wood in the smoker so it's horses for courses really.

 

[Gunk]

We burn kiln dried Ash

 

[welsh dragon]

We use a mixture of hard woods and soft woods. That's the best combination. Oak, birch, blackthorn, ash etc