What do you burn in you stove besides wood?

[dafattkidd]

Alright, we're about half way through the heating season where I'm from. I am curious what kinds of things you burn (or have burned) in your stove this season that isn't wood? (super cedars don't count)

*My wife had a soft cover book that she read was disappointed in the way it ended. So we threw it in the stove.
*I burned my employee handbook from a job that I hated (I have footage of this event)
*I burned some pistachio shells
*I regularly throw in dryer lint

My neighbor rolls up magazines and newspapers in wire ties- uses them as little logs, mixes them in with his splits.

What else are you burning?

 

[Thistle]

Black Walnut shells,in season Those burn very hot & clean,leave practically no ash.When I get a shoebox or so full,I tape the lid & in the fire it goes.Occasionally other nut shells too,when I get a supply every fall.

The usual junk mail like any credit card offers,other similar stuff.Any catalogues or magazines etc received in the mail that I dont want,I tear off mailing label & inside order form with my name & addy,bits of paper are burned,catalogues etc goes in recycling bin.

The usual scrap wood or small bits of plywood from my cabinet shop & construction sites I work at.Dunnage,the occasional cut-up pallet,twigs/branches from my property,pruning for others,corncobs for kindling.End cuts & trimmings from salvaging old barn timbers/beams. Scraps/slabs from bandsaw & Alaskan mill.Nothing treated like landscape timbers or decking material obviously.

 

[dafattkidd]

Yeah I'm doing carpentry pretty much full time now so I've been bringing home a lot of leftover construction debris. Forgot about that.

 

[wendell]

more wood and even more wood

 

[dafattkidd]

more wood and even more wood

Now that's pushing it. Be careful burning that stuff.

 

[Dix]

Day light.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Used printer paper is a great way to get the draft going on a cold stove. Nails go in when attached to wood also.

Matt

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Pistachio shells, occasional paper towel, hate mail, effigies of Yankees players.

 

[dafattkidd]

Have I posted pictures of my shrine to Bill Buckner?

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Have I posted pictures of my shrine to Bill Buckner?

LOL- OK I laughed

 

[burleymike]

When I went to put hardwood floors down a few years ago I pulled up the carpet to find 5/8" flake board with a paper coating on it, I guess to make it smooth. After an hour trying to pull it up I got smart and set my circular saw just a little over 5/8 and cut it into squares that just happened to fit in my old stove. It was great for getting a fire started with.

Neighbor burns motor oil in his shop stove. He fills a coffee can half full and sets it in a giant bed of coals. He has bigger nuts than me though, it becomes one huge uncontrollable fire storm.

 

[rdust]

Cord wood, newspaper for starting or fire starter. First season it seen a few pallet pieces but that was it.

 

[-PB-]

STINK BUGS!

 

[Hanko]

body parts

 

[nate379]

All I burn in mine is wood but my folks burn their trash in theirs. They have 2 can in the house and paper goes in one and the rest in the other. The paper stuff gets burned and the other goes to the dump. Saves a bit of $$ since it's like $2-3 per bag at the dump.

 

[katwillny]

In addition to wood, I burn cardboard from any boxes i may get. Only brown boxes, nothing with shiny paint. Works great to get a slow fire going.

 

[flhpi]

Wood and cigar butts

 

[firefighterjake]

Cord wood, pine cones, pine branchs, newspaper, cardboard (non-shiny type), softwood kindling, dimensional lumber scraps (non-treated) and peanut shells after a trip to The Texas Roadhouse.

 

[RNLA]

Firewood, all species. Styrofoam, Tires, Small Children.... :gulp: I'm sorry I probably just discredited my self! I burn wood and only wood. No really, it's true! :lol:

 

[yooperdave]

i have a fisher type stove...yup-not UL listed. only burn wood and paper. i was surprised at how many people on this site admitted to having cats in their stoves. must be real hard to get them in there; but when you think about it, they are usually lying around the front of the stove anyway. i thought this was something the animal shelters usually took care of...
oh well-see you at the hearth.com summer picnic........just be sure to check the cookout menu carefully!! i heard we may be having mystery meat!!

 

[Hanko]

old tires, smells great

 

[Stump_Branch]

STINK BUGS!

yep yep, wife hates bugs. wont touch the things. stink bugs get and i quote "incinerated"

 

[fossil]

Super Cedars and an occasional Ferret. Rick

 

[hearthstoneheat]

I recently tried shredded paper (bank statements, etc) as starter. Works pretty good. Also have burned hardwood pallets (minus nails).

 

[JoeyD]

STINK BUGS!

yep yep, wife hates bugs. wont touch the things. stink bugs get and i quote "incinerated"

And I thought all the stink bugs hibernated in my wood pile. I do like watching them get bounced around from the ceiling fans before they meet their fate in the wood stove.