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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | The house we bought this year has a fireplace with a wood burning stove insert. There is a lot of cut wood in the barn that is very dry and seasoned, but we think it's mostly pine. Everybody tells us not to burn pine because pine trees have sap and it will build up in the chimney and catch fire, but I've found a bunch of articles online that say the science behind pine does not go with whar people believe. The articles I've found said that dry, seasoned pine is very good and safe to burn in the home and it creates less build up in the chimney.
So, does anybody burn pine? or are there any experts on here that have any advice. |
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Location: Here | I was always taught no I have seen how it burns in outdoor fires We did use pine stumps spilt little as kindling to start a fire I would be afraid too See if you have a chimney sweep in your area yes the person and ask them |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Well.... If it is very dry, the sap is gone and a buildup will not be a problem. There are chemicals you can burn once a week or so to prevent buildups that cause flu-fires when you do burn green wood of any type. Just a cup or so of the additive will stop that from happening. But a good chimney cleaning at the start of every winter is a must. The problem with pine is, green or dry it burns very fast and will not hold a fire overnight. You need a hardwood to do that. Dry wood for more heat, green wood for a longer coal base... We used to use a mixture for a good overnight fire.
Edited by komet. 2014-11-04 9:35 PM
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | We called today and made an appointment for the local chimeny company to come out and clean the chimney and teach us how to use it. We don't plan on burning anything before they come out.
ETA - we have a propane furnace for heat also. We don't plan on using the fire as our only heat source. We want the fire to help make it feel nice and tropical while we are home and to supplement the furnace to reduce our propane bill.
Edited by barlracr429 2014-11-04 9:44 PM
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| We pretty much only have pine to burn , several different kinds. Our chimney gets cleaned every fall before we get cold. We always let the fire run pretty wide open for the first 15-20 minutes and that helps keep everything clean. That is what they chimney/fireplace folks have always said to do. |
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Location: Florida | I can testify that pine cones will clog your chimney. My mother was using cones as fire starter and totally cloggeg the stove pipe. |
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Location: CTX | We use a lot of oak in our stove. That will burn slow and keeps the house nice and warm. I was always told not to use pine or cedar because of the sap. It creates creosote in the chimney.
We had to have the fire brigade out on Christmas day a couple of years ago because the chimney got red hot. When they measured the temp in there it was close to a 1000 degrees. And if we hadn't called them we would have had a attic fire..... Of course that was the 1 year we didn't get the chimney cleaned since hubby decided once every 2 years was fine..... not so much.... so now every fall we get the chimney swept...
And what we also do now is get it nice and hot the first 15-30 minutes and then slow it down. That also helps keeping the creosote down.
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| i burned everything pine pecan what ever i cut down but i alway used a chemical once a week to clean and a hot fire once a week
the only source we had for heat was stove. for 20 yrs . never had a problem |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | we burn pine.....it gives the best heat imo.......as long as its dry you will be ok....burn a chimmney sweep log a couple times a month or throw in a handfull of moth balls every so often...i have burnt semi green pine as well i just have to sweep the chimmney a lot and make sure the pipes inside were kept clean...it also depends on how many bends your stove pipe has (on how clogged it will get)
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I'm burning pine as I type. It's majority of what we burn. It's what we have easiest access to. This year we also bought two cords of Aspen aside from the 4 or so cords of pine we cut. We will mix it in every few days to help clean the flu. We have heard a lot of negative about burning pine, but never an issue for us. |
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