Hi - I'm fairly new down South - Burning Live Oak for the first time - I've had the fire going very well - Several times and this Live Oak just does not keep going - Draft is good - Other wood burns good - Any thoughts?
Burning Live Oak
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My thought is the live oak is too wet, not dried fire wood ,.....
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I used to burn Live Oak before the wood burning ban...
I think the problem is your moisture is too high. Seasoned Dry Oak makes a great fire and burns down to nothing in a conventional fireplace.
I think the problem is your moisture is too high. Seasoned Dry Oak makes a great fire and burns down to nothing in a conventional fireplace.
Tdog
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Wood burning ban ?
Left coast!
Left coast!
ihookem
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It has to be real dry. I split white oak to very small pieces and mix it too. It makes good night wood, in the morning it is still full of coals.
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Until recently, I supplied friends and neighbors with Oak firewood from a never ending supply of storm toppled Oak trees at my California property. Lots of firewood in a big oak and it's one type of wood that will burn through the night with embers left in the morning.
Due to global warming concerns and as of today, particulate airborne emissions, wood burning is slowly becoming illegal in much of California.
New Fireplaces have already been outlawed for years and now wood stoves are targeted for conversion to gas with a bounty paid for each stove tuned in.
It's not unusual for the air district to enact 24 hour no burn nights to limit particulate exposure during the winter months. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has 70 field inspectors and a special hot line where anyone can report a neighbor using a wood burning fireplace during a declared alert.
An inspector has to verify the smoke for a citation to be issued and the fine can be several thousand dollars for repeat offenders.
It's to the point where I can't even give away seasoned and split oak these days and the tree guys are sending all their stuff to the landfill if it's to big to be chipped.
Ag used to do burn piles to clear out the vineyards... now, it's just about all chipped. Although, soon the chippers will have to have new conforming tier 4 diesel motors to be legally operated
Due to global warming concerns and as of today, particulate airborne emissions, wood burning is slowly becoming illegal in much of California.
New Fireplaces have already been outlawed for years and now wood stoves are targeted for conversion to gas with a bounty paid for each stove tuned in.
It's not unusual for the air district to enact 24 hour no burn nights to limit particulate exposure during the winter months. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has 70 field inspectors and a special hot line where anyone can report a neighbor using a wood burning fireplace during a declared alert.
An inspector has to verify the smoke for a citation to be issued and the fine can be several thousand dollars for repeat offenders.
It's to the point where I can't even give away seasoned and split oak these days and the tree guys are sending all their stuff to the landfill if it's to big to be chipped.
Ag used to do burn piles to clear out the vineyards... now, it's just about all chipped. Although, soon the chippers will have to have new conforming tier 4 diesel motors to be legally operated
czechsonofagun
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You are so close to socialism, it is not even funny!
Egon
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If it is wood that has been cut and sitting for a few years it may have started rotting and be wet. This type of wood does not burn well.
