The reasoning behind this thought is that those same people burn or had "friends" burn wet unseasoned hardwood leaving huge amounts of creosote in there chimneys, then burned a few pine pieces that burned hot and fast causing the chimney fire.
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I have an Ideal Steel Hybrid. I have lots of access to good hardwood. However, I love burning pine far more.
You can fill up on dry pine and have the bypass closed in 5 minutes. A few minutes later the air is closed down. It requires very minimal tinkering with the air controls. Drop the cat and start cutting the air. I will also agree that you will have a much cleaner chimney burning pine. Go for it!
You can fill up on dry pine and have the bypass closed in 5 minutes. A few minutes later the air is closed down. It requires very minimal tinkering with the air controls. Drop the cat and start cutting the air. I will also agree that you will have a much cleaner chimney burning pine. Go for it!
Thanks a lot, Bud! I fell asleep in the chair, thinking about it, and when I woke up I found my skin had crawled outside and hid under my car. I had a heck of a time finding it.
keep looking for it, eventually you will find it.
If I don't, it's no skin off my butt. Hey, wait a minute....keep looking for it, eventually you will find it.
WoodyIsGoody
Minister of Fire
When I see Pine burn, it emits black smoke. Thinking of putting that through my cat is enough to make my skin crawl.
"Pine" is a pretty broad term. Without getting into specific species, let's just say that, in terms of firewood, pine has a lot more variability than "fir". And "fir" has huge variability!
Here in New Mexico for what i understand, there is about 20 different species of pine
The black-smoke stuff was Red Pine, I guess. I see some White Pine around that people plant. I don't think any Pine would want to grow here if it had a choice.
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