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SUITABLE FUELS
It is very important to burn the right fuel, if you have a multifuel stove you can burn wood, peat blocks and smokeless coal.
If you have a wood burning only stove you can burn just wood.
All wood has to be well seasoned (this means cut and split for at least 1 year) and dry.
A moisture meter is a very good tool for checking the moisture content of your wood, to be most efficient you want no more than 20% moisture content, 15% or less is best.
Burns well, must be well seasoned, gives great heat and a very pleasing smell
Apple
Can be burned green but is best when seasoned, burns at a nice steady rate
Ash
Needs to be very well seasoned but a good burner
Beech
Gives off good heat but burns very fast, is best when mixed with other varieties, lovely scent
Birch
Gives good heat
Cedar
Needs to be very well seasoned but a great burner
Cherry
Gives great heat, spits a lot but perfect for wood burners
Chestnut
A good burner gives good heat
Hawthorn
A good burner, can be burnt green
Holly
Needs to be well seasoned but a good burner, gives good heat
Maple
Oak
Great burner, gives good heat, needs to be very well seasoned, at least 2 years, but burns nice and slow so best mixed with other varieties
Best avoided, gives off a lot of oils and will tar up your flue liner
Pine
A good burner
Rowan
Not a great wood, gives off lots of tar
Spruce
Needs to be very well seasoned, but burns good, best when mixed with other varieties
Sycamore
Burns ok but doesn't give off great heat
Walnut
Gives off very poor heat
Willow
Burns ok but not great
Yew
Below is a guide to help you through the different varieties of wood and their burning qualities:
BUT WHICH WOOD?
