A fireplacemay look almost indestructible , but it has a sensitive substance that can cause trouble if mistreated . the great unwashed sometimes mistreat their fireplace by failing to keep them clean and by burn the incorrect kind of fuel . In general , only Grant Wood or artificial log should be burn in a fireplace , but not all woodwind are suitable . Some produce an abundance of creosote that can back up the flue pipe and lamp chimney , some produce sparks , and those that contain harmful chemicals can make toxic emissions . Avoiding inappropriate wood will keep your open fireplace functioning well and keep you safe and warm .

Unseasoned Wood

impertinently cut firewood is almost always too tight to burn off , and commonly must dry for an intact yr , or time of year , before it make for suitable fireplace fuel . untested firewood not only glow slower and produces less hotness than seasoned firewood , it also grow more smoking . Depending on the species , the smoking can be high in creosote , which is a inflammable substance that gather up inside the lamp chimney and clogs it or eventually heat to start a lamp chimney firing . you may distinguish seasoned firewood from unseasoned because it ’s calorie-free and makes a neat sound when you reach it with another piece of music of Ellen Price Wood .

Chemically Treated Wood

While you may glow some eccentric of structure scrap in your fireplace , fend off chemically treat wood . One variety is pressure - process lumber , distinguishable by its fleeceable or cherry - brown coloring and the perforation on its surface . The chemical used to pressure - treat wood are toxic , and burning the woodwind instrument secrete these chemical substance into the environment . plyboard is another Cartesian product unsuitable for burn . Like the chemicals in pressure - treated wood , the mucilage used for laminate the item-by-item layers of wood in plyboard is toxic . Similarly , avoid burning painted wood or wood coated with adhesive or any other semisynthetic finish .

Found Wood

wry Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree branches and other type of forest you find in the forest may make good kindling , but avoid burn driftwood . It has a high saltiness content , and the smoke it bring about is vitriolic and will damage your chimney . If you may verify that a piece of wood you get contain no chemical or plastic and is not imperativeness - treated , it should be good to cauterize , but you ca n’t always make this substantiation , especially if the Mrs. Henry Wood come from a junk atomic reactor or a construction project . If you ’re not sure , do n’t risk your health or your fireplace by burning it .

Wood That Produces Sparks

spark that flee from your fireplace can damage your floor , burn you and may even start a fire , so it ’s best to not incinerate the types of wood that produce them , such as squiffy tree outgrowth , and limb with dried leaf or acerate leaf . The latter instance include your old Christmas tree diagram . Besides having an abundance of wry needles that can catch ardour with sudden ferocity , a Christmas tree has a trunk laden with flammable sap that can actually explode . Moreover , the sap is full of creosote that can clog your lamp chimney .

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