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Kiln dried wood

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Luckygirl Fri 25-Nov-16 11:30:00

I have a woodburner in our new home - it is big and bright red!

I have so far used two sorts of logs: kiln dried and seasoned, and the former burn better but get used up quicker.

I have tried to find out what the kiln-drying process entails, as I am not sure how environmentally friendly this process is. I know that woodburners are considered to be environmentally friendly but if electricity (for example) has been used to kiln dry the wood, then this rather defeats the object.

Anyone have any knowledge of this subject?

hildajenniJ Fri 25-Nov-16 12:07:30

We use seasoned wood in ours. I've never seen kiln dried wood for sale.

Sorry, that doesn't answer your question. Having looked it up, they use either gas or electricity.

M0nica Fri 25-Nov-16 13:53:15

We use seasoned wood. I always associate kiln-dried wood with building construction, where builders may need wood that is structurally stable.

NonnaW Fri 25-Nov-16 14:12:37

We've changed to heat logs as they burn much slower and leave less ash.

Candlefran Fri 25-Nov-16 14:21:57

DD has started to use kiln dried in theirs. They light easily,burn well and do seem to give a long burning time. But we ( DS and I) were thinking the same thing about the environmental side of it. Does seem to defeat the object.

I bought a Stihl water content guage which measures the moisture content in logs. Our seasoned ones measure 11% which is I believe, very acceptable.

Candlefran Fri 25-Nov-16 14:23:34

it's this one

Luckygirl Fri 25-Nov-16 14:51:48

Thanks for all these ideas. I will look up heat logs and and have sent off for a moisture meter. smile

Luckygirl Fri 25-Nov-16 18:17:33

Could I ask where you get your Heat logs from and do you burn these exclusively or mixed with other logs?

Candlefran Fri 25-Nov-16 23:17:31

A lot of garden centres sell heat logs lucky girl. They are made of compressed sawdust. They give out good heat but are not always easy to get going.

And they disintegrate if you keep them too long.