Anyone burning spruce....

crackcrack30

Anyone burning spruce in a stove? Thinking of burning some accompanied with turf......how do you find it to burn ,heat ,last ect????

cheers....for any info

ford2600

Only burn in a stove, to sparky for fire.

Dry it properely, and it burns fine. Quicker than a hardwood, but much cheaper.
Get a load/half load if you have space, cut it and dry it and cheap enough fuel

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Anyone burning spruce in a stove? Thinking of burning some accompanied with turf......how do you find it to burn ,heat ,last ect????

cheers....for any info

TopTec

Yep, I mix it with turf and hardwood in my range. Ford is right, it does spit and crackle but I find the drier it is the less it does so. I only burn softwoods that are around 15% moisture.

I wouldn't say you get good heat from it compared to say whitethorn but it is fine when mixed with turf.

TT

zetecescort

can be tough to split by hand too, lots of knots

TopTec

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. That is the main drawback for me. I dont have a splitter, just lots of bruise on my ankles from it leaping off the cutting block!:mad::mad:

TT

moy83

TopTec wrote: »

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. That is the main drawback for me. I dont have a splitter, just lots of bruise on my ankles from it leaping off the cutting block!:mad::mad:

TT

Screw a car tyre to the top of the cutting block and it should hold the block in place while you are splitting . Might be a picture on you tube or google of what im talking bout if it helps

TopTec

Knowing my aim I wont take long to shred a tyre..... good idea though. Thanks.

TT

9seamie

i burn mostly spruce its the finest when dry, good heat but it burns fast but alot cheaper than hard woods, split it when fresh or itll break ur balls when dried out

manjou

Burning spruce in a stove as cut down some that where near the road. It burns quicker than hardwood but get good heat of it an am able to close it down earlier and so last long enough .It has been cut 9 months and in shed 4 so fairley dry. It is alot lighter than ash or beach so if buying it you can get it by weight you would get alot more vloume than hardwood so may last just as long.

Jack180570

manjou wrote: »

Burning spruce in a stove as cut down some that where near the road. It burns quicker than hardwood but get good heat of it an am able to close it down earlier and so last long enough .It has been cut 9 months and in shed 4 so fairley dry. It is alot lighter than ash or beach so if buying it you can get it by weight you would get alot more vloume than hardwood so may last just as long.

An interesting fact is that softwood has a slightly higher heat content than hardwood by weight, due to the high lignin content of softwood as compared to hardwood.