Pine wood for woodstove?

i was told its not good to use pine wood in a woodstove? is that true?

Pine wood for woodstove?
Everyone seems to have adequately answered your question. However, if you use pine, do try to make a hot fire to burn off any accumulations in the stove-piping. Also, when the fire is good and hot, add a cup full of sugar and it will flare up through the pipes and burn off alot of the creotin and other accumulations in the pipes.





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Reply:Do not burn pine in a woodstove. It smokes and gums up the chimney, etc.





I sure hope you have the chimney cleaned once a year to avoid a fire.
Reply:Where I live there is NO hardwood. Only pine and other softwoods. Lots of people burn these woods in their fireplaces and wood stoves with NO problems. Just have the chimney cleaned and inspected at the beginning of each burning season and you won't have any problems either. The cleaning and inspection should be done whether you are burning hardwood, pine or man made logs.





Bert
Reply:Joanne is correct. If you have hardwood to burn, its your best bet. But, where hardwood is scarce, everybody burns pine. Just as she stated. This is especially true in the inter mountain west. Whenever possible burn "hard pines".
Reply:From:


http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fir...





"yes, you can burn pine, but burn it hotter than you would with hard wood to minimize creosote; either way it's always a good idea to burn a HOT fire for about 1/2 hour or so each morning to burn off creosote accumulation in the chimney before it builds up enough to potentially cause a large chimney fire. do that and you'll have no problem, pine or otherwise."
Reply:When Pine and other hardwood species when burned produce Cresote and Chemical which will clog up you stove pipes and stove. Also it will cause Chimmney Fires too.





Now hardwood like Oak , Locust and etc will not do that.


So use hardwood.. Depends on where you live hardwood costs about 50.00 for a 1/2ton truck load.

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