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Leylandii for burning?
Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening:
A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Cheers John |
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Leylandii for burning?
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John L wrote: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? Open fire - awful - it spits, like most conifers. Wood burner - no problem. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Leylandii for burning?
John L wrote:
Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Cheers John geat for bonfires, even when freshly cut, huge high flames, not very eco though. [g] |
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Leylandii for burning?
On 27 Jan, 19:22, John L wrote:
What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? Great, possibly too great. It's very resinous, so it burns like crazy. Make sure you're capable of burning it safely. If you've burning logs, dry them a year first, then do it in something with a lid. They can go off like a grenade when green. Efficient burning needs a Norwegian box stove, with enough secondary combustion chamber to cope with burning the producer gas from conifers. It's also likely to coat your flue with tars and creosote. |
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On Jan 27, 7:22*pm, John L wrote:
Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Cheers John if its a few inches across, better option: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...Leylandii_Wood NT |
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Leylandii for burning?
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John L writes: Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. A friend burned a very large pile of Leylandii clippings. Brilliant bonfire, followed by a sodding great insurance claim to have various neighbours' cars repainted, including one brand new one. The ash destroys modern car paintwork. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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Leylandii for burning?
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, Andy Dingley writes Efficient burning needs a Norwegian box stove, with enough secondary combustion chamber to cope with burning the producer gas from conifers. It's also likely to coat your flue with tars and creosote. Chimney fire material. -- Clint Sharp |
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Leylandii for burning?
"John L" wrote in message ... Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Absolutely not. It's full of resin or some sort of stuff that spits like crazy which is dangerous in an open fire. I have a woodburner and I don't even use conifer wood in that - it can spit out of the dampers on the front even if open a half inch and set the carpet on fire whilst you are out of the room for a few minutes. So my advice is don't use it for fuel in your house. The foliage makes a good starter for a bonfire even when green but stand well back if you don't want to lose your eyebrows.. Tina Tina |
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"John L" wrote in message ... Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Cheers John Getting the green stuff off theboughs is a real pain - hardly worth the effort for theamount of useable timber available. The green fronds burn ferociously and care is needed. As for the logs, can't say as I've never used them for house heating. On a garden fire the logs do not burn very well at all. Bill |
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In uk.d-i-y Bill Grey wrote:
"John L" wrote in message ... Cross-posted to DIY and to Gardening: A bit late to ask because I've just finished sawing up about half a ton! However there is another ton to come. What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? I'm not intending using it until next winter. Cheers John Getting the green stuff off theboughs is a real pain - hardly worth the effort for theamount of useable timber available. The green fronds burn ferociously and care is needed. As for the logs, can't say as I've never used them for house heating. On a garden fire the logs do not burn very well at all. Leylandii is pretty good wood for burning as long as it's well seasoned. All the complaints about it posted here indicate that it hasn't been dried well enough. We have been felling a row of *big* Leylandii at our house over the past ten years and burning them on our wood burner with no problems. They need to be stored for a good twelve months before burning though. Leylandii is *much* better than pine and other similar softwood for burning, although it is technically a softwood it doesn't really behave like one, it's much denser and tougher. -- Chris Green |
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John L wrote:
What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? Fine for wood burner as others have said. |
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Leylandii for burning?
In uk.rec.gardening Clint Sharp wrote:
In message , Andy Dingley writes Efficient burning needs a Norwegian box stove, with enough secondary combustion chamber to cope with burning the producer gas from conifers. It's also likely to coat your flue with tars and creosote. Chimney fire material. Only if it's not properly dried before burning and that applies to *any* wood you burn. Tar/creosote is produced by burning wood of *any* sort with high water content. -- Chris Green |
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Leylandii for burning?
"Steve Firth" wrote in message .. . John L wrote: What's leylandii like as a fuel (open fire, and/or wood burner)? Fine for wood burner as others have said. I would say be very careful, I would not describe it as "fine" for a woodburner if you have a sliding damper on the front of your stove. It will spit out of it across the room, in my experience. I tried conifer wood once, I'm glad I was not out for a few hours, it sparked out from the tiny hole in the damper and set my carpet on fire when I was upstairs. Never again. Tina |
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Leylandii for burning?
Christina Websell wrote:
I would say be very careful, I would not describe it as "fine" for a woodburner if you have a sliding damper on the front of your stove. It will spit out of it across the room, in my experience. I burn leylandii in a wood burner without problems. The woodburner has a sliding damper on the front. Since the damper is within an anclosure that is made of the same steel as the woodburner it is hard to see how it could be "spit out of it across the room". I tried conifer wood once, I'm glad I was not out for a few hours, it sparked out from the tiny hole in the damper and set my carpet on fire when I was upstairs. Never again. Yew is a conifer. |
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Leylandii for burning?
Steve Firth wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: I would say be very careful, I would not describe it as "fine" for a woodburner if you have a sliding damper on the front of your stove. It will spit out of it across the room, in my experience. I burn leylandii in a wood burner without problems. The woodburner has a sliding damper on the front. Since the damper is within an anclosure that is made of the same steel as the woodburner it is hard to see how it could be "spit out of it across the room". "spit out of it" is not the same as "spit it out" It's the burning wood that spits out. |
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