As natural gas prices have been elevated compared to recent years, many homeowners are now using solid fuels.

Therefore, if you are offered some logs/firewood for burning, you will want to use them this year to reduce your overall energy bills.

However, its most definitely not worth burning wet wood, it can cause damage to your chimney.

This can cause lasting damage to your chimney lining, the chimney flue, and the wood-burning stove itself- so this is why we never recommend burning wet wood.

It can, therefore, cause damage to your property, but it can also cause a massive nuisance to your neighbours if the chimney is bellowing thick and constant smoke.

In this article, we explain we suggest an affordable alternative that is much better for use when heating your home.

What is wet wood?

 

A common preconception when we talk about wet wood, is that we are simply talking about logs left out in the rain.

However, when we don’t describe this type of wood, that’s “wet wood” we are talking about logs that have recently been felled and, therefore, have not been seasoned.

Wet wood, is also wood that’s not been kiln-dried.

This basically means the wood’s moisture content is high, not because it’s been left out in the rain, but because it’s freshly cut brand-new wood that has recently been chopped into pieces by, say, the tree surgeon.

 

What’s the problem with burning wet wood?

 

The disadvantage of massive is that it could damage your chimney flue, sometimes substantially, by cloaking it up with excessive amounts of soot. The excessive amount of soot that can build up does increase the chances of a chimney igniting, causing a chimney fire.

This is why it’s essential to get your chimney swept. Ask a chimney sweep how often you should have your chimney swept as this is essential maintenance of your wood burning stove and chimney.

However, wet wood can cause excessive soot buildup quickly before exacerbating the problem and damaging the chimney lining.

Also, the wood-burning stove can easily cost upwards of a thousand pounds per unit, and wet wood can clog up the actual wood-burning stove with soot, if you burn wet wood.

 

Wet wood is, therefore, a total. False economy

 

Wet wood is often sold cheaper because the tree surgeon or the person selling it hasn’t allowed it to dry season, and they haven’t kiln-dried.

Therefore, people who know little about firewood might find it tempting to purchase it because it is sold so cheaply.

However, this type of firewood is cheap for good reason. It will damage your chimney, and what many people don’t understand is that it will produce an extremely dull burn. This means that it wont produce much heat at all.

 

So, what’s the alternative to using wet wood?

 

The simple answer is to use high-performance, kiln-dried firewood produced by a company with experience producing quality firewood.

The solid fuel should then have a low moisture content.

 

Why not place an order with us today

 

We sell high-quality, high-performance kiln-dried firewood. We also stock many varieties of firewood, ranging from cherrywood to oak; we have most of the common varieties that many people like to burn within their homes.

 

 

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