Hi Kerry, I too have been burning pallets in stoves for decades. If a pallet has no markings it's not treated at all but can not be sent abroad. If it's marked HT then the wood has been heat treated, not with chemicals, in a kiln to kill any beetles or fungal disease and can be sent overseas. If it's marked MB don't burn it! I was well informed by a company who recycle 6000 pallets a month and know their stuff.
@@johnswimcat All the pallets I get are unmarked, but thanks for the tip: useful for anyone getting into burning them, though perhaps I shouldn't encourage it as there won't be any around for me!
US or UK? 99% of our pallets in the US are oak. Might be different overseas. The only issue I might have is some unseen chemical that might have spilled and soaked in a pallet. I don't burn them in my house but in my shop. I normally have the fume extractor going for the welder if I'm out there. Plus any other given chemicals out there are gonna kill me at any time anyways.
Woops ! I've been using a mix of Kit Kat wrappers and shredded tractor tyres from the local farm.Re high burn temp compromising the glass integrity i got smart and removed the glass so no worries on that score.
When we were kids early 70s every house in the country had coal fires my dad burnt everything slippers/food wrappers/ everything that would burn, recycling was better then milk bottles, beer and pop bottles when back and you got money back off them, not as much plastic products the bin men would come & empty the bin and it was almost empty (in fact we called it a ash bin as that was almost all that went in it)
Nearly all pallets in Europe are heat treated without any chemical treatment. They are marked HT somewhere on the pallet usually on the block corners. They are basically seasoned soft woods and only need to be kept dry. They do burn hot as they burn quickly and release the heat potential over a shorter period but once you are used to them you just put a smaller load on each time and the overall temperature reduces accordingly. This does mean you will have to charge the fire more often.
Yep this guy is a total lefty snowflake and need to keep his opinions to himself unless he did his subject matter.Hold on isn't this guy supposed to be qualified being called Mr Slut i mean soot sorry?
Pallet wood is mostly made of green sap wood and still has high amounts of resin still in it and soots the chimney very quickly which can catch fire with the higher heat .
I use pallet wood as kindling and have for around ten years without a problem. What's the worst that could happen? Perhaps the chimney liner may need replacing? I'd be willingly get a new one put in if that is necessary as a consequence of burning pallet wood. Not burning pallet wood at all would be an aggregate greater cost in the long run I would think.
Pallet wood is very rarely treated, one off the best wood for fast heat and is usually well seasoned, log burners originated in Scandinavia and Canada where most of wood burned is pine or silver birch. The latter is what stockholm tar is produced from, keep plenty of heat going and largest liner possible and there's no problem. 60 years plus of burning wood on ranges and and burners with zero problems
My uncle used to heat his home using old roofing shingles, (tar shingles), used engine oil, and old books from those neighbourhood free libraries. He also used to encourage chimney fires as a way to purify the chimney - letting it run *bright* and hot, we would watch the embers fly off into the sky like fairies dancing with the fireflies. Never a risk to fire as they had a metal roof. Once, he was burning a mixture of dried cow manure mixed with sawdust and pine needles - that stove burned so hot and warm. Sometimes, if we did not clean our rooms, our toys were tossed in the furnace - we learned real quick to keep the place tidy. Even our old shoes. Sadly, he passed away before he reached his 110th birthday. We'll always remember you...
Mr Soot you haven't got a clue! Most pallets are not chemically treated and are absolutely ok to use as kindling, the ones that are coloured are treated. I know because I used to work for a firm making pallets.
I’ve got a pal that burns all sort of crap on his stove, he renovates a lot of houses and basically any wood that comes out of it, window frames, flooring, you name it, he burns it. He sweeps his chimney every other year and he’s happy. I don’t doubt that these naughty woods do have draw backs but it’s nowhere near as bad as made out. Especially if, like me you get something delivered on a pallet and instead of taking it to the tip you chop it up and add it to the log pile. It’s not a big deal if few and far between.
Good job Mr Soot you keep up the scaremongering, that way I'll have plenty of waste wood into the future to burn, PS it isn't "plastic" but "Accelerrant for starting
Spot on mate, i do the same burn anything that resembles wood. Put a new stove in recently after over 20 yrs of use, liner came out clean as a whistle I've only swept it about 5 times. The mistake people make is they don't burn them hot enough.
From a mate in the UK industry, the pallets themselves are OK to burn , but if the blocks joining the two halves are marked MB then they contain Methyl Bromide, and must not be burnt
Bromomethane, commonly known as methyl bromide, is an organobromine compound with formula CH3Br. This colorless, odorless, nonflammable gas is produced both industrially and biologically. It has a tetrahedral shape and it is a recognized ozone-depleting chemical. It was used extensively as a pesticide until being phased out by most countries in the early 2000s.
Yep! Those compound blocks made of sawdust and binders are absolutely toxic when burned. They smell like cancer. Avoid those at all costs. The rest of the pallet is fine to burn. Been burning pallets for years. Avoid the blue ones as they are owned by CHEP, a European pallet exchange company. They are treated with copper salts (giving the blue colour) to prevent moulding and rot.
My multi-fuel stove was installed less than a week ago it's got an air wash system everytime I fire it is ticking like a clock all time installer full of excuses any ideas
Like most rules, they are for the obedience of fools and guidance of wise men. Most things are ok in moderation. We use pallet wood alongside normal seasoned logs and only after I have stripped off what I can re-purpose. Plastics are a no-no. Add a bit of processed coal when it's very cold. Wet wood? I agree, I have a number of ventilated stores. And finally, I try to avoid burning anything that's older than me. Sweep chimney once a year.
Been burning pallet wood for years,I cut the pallets up and dry store them in summer to use in winter, they do burn quite quickly and it is a bit of a pain constantly feeding it but when I think of all the gas I’m saving by it and then cost I soon forget about it. Sitting there in front of that stove in a freezing winter night with all that warmth and at no cost really does make me feel good,after all I’m only using what would be going to Landfill so recycling at the same time, Win Win all round.
Been burning skip wood 50 / 60 years , I was about to go electric to ease my ageing back , then the government with the help of greta thunderbird fucked the economy they were counter productive with many now burning all kinds of shit to keep warm
If its wood we burn it, painted, bare, fitted with hinges etc,full of nails, pallets, 'wind fall' trees from the estate. Commercial kiln dried logs to expensive and quick to burn, air dried for a year is perfect dry enough to burn nicely, wet enough to last. Every year or so take the 'iron harvest' from the reclaimed timber and weigh it in. Never had problem with flue or stove, sweep once a year its all good. Cheap supermarket bags work as well as firelighters or newspaper, to light the fire.
Sorry but we do all 4 of those, and more, old carpet, chipboard, old beds, railway sleepers ( they really burn with the creosote),painted wood, old fence panels, old sofas, and chairs, cardboard, any packaging, we have a steal liner, sweep it regularly, no problems free heat, and hot water
@@johntailing5283 soak in waste oil add a small piece of tyre and hey presto revenge on the greenies for ruining utility prices , light up and watch them cry
You can burn pallet wood as long as you make sure it's untreated, but there's still some concern about chemicals that may have been spilled on the pallet during its lifetime. Construction lumber carries a similar precaution. If it's untreated, you should be fine, but burning treated lumber is a bad idea. The fumes from the chemicals used to treat the lumber are quite toxic.
@@Kaelland yeah they may be toxic but fumes go up out of the flu so that isn’t an issue for me,the problem with burning ‘undesirable’ fuel is leaving coatings on the actual flue that can set on fire and that’s not good obviously.
@@survivortechharold6575 Treated pallets do exist. I have seen them with my own eyes. They are far less common than untreated and even painted pallets, but they do exist.
Thanks for this, can anyone answer my stove question, my steel flu pipe runs through a plate and about a metre into the original flue, my neighbours have copex liners and I'm wondering if I should have the same. People have told me that mine is perfectly okay as the flu has been used for many years taking smoke from an open fire and later a stove, which makes sense, but I can't help wondering why my neighbours who have had their stoves fitted more recently have gone for the liners.
Just done it , and done it before no problems, just remove it ,if you ever sell the house, or plead it was there when you moved in, remember when the government went nuts over flues,the installers smelt money.
I always use pallet wood as kindling, also they do say to burn your stove really hot every now and again to burn the soot away. Are you sponsored by a fire log company?
Pallet wood is chemically treated.only a stupid person would burn it,especially in a confined space.it is highly toxic.are you stupid as well? Oh,and by the way,there's only one 'p' in synaptic!!!
@@chuckspencer8540 some is chemically treated. If so it’s marked on the wood. MB for methyl bromide. If it’s marked HT it has been heat treated to 56 degrees Celsius for at least 30 mins and is safe to burn. northantswoodrecycling.wordpress.com/what-do-the-markings-on-pallets-mean/
I'm in my 70s, in the US, and have been burning wood fires my whole life. I burn seasoned wood but along with it, anything that burns. Pallet wood, paper and plastic waste w/o problems. Wet wood will create creosote in the chimney and you will risk a chimney fire. But burning hot for a time every day, will keep the creosote at bay.
Little tip on free plentiful kindling for starting... over Summer gather any ash twigs you can find and snap them into 6-7" lengths. Over winter, put a handful over a 1/3rd of a fire lighter block and your fuel of choice over that. The fire will light every time. The ash twigs burn hot and easily as long as chopped kindling and will ignite everything, even coal ovoids... Beechwood fire burns bright and clear, If the logs are kept a year. Store your Beech for Christmastide, With New Year Holly cut beside. Chestnuts only good they say If for years is stored away. Birch and Firwood burn too fast, Blaze too bright and do not last. Flames from Larch will shoot up high, Dangerously the sparks will fly. But Ashwood green and Ashwood brown, Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown. Oaken logs if dry and old, Keep away the winter cold. Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke. Elmwood burns like churchyard mould, And even the very flames are cold. Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread, So it is in Ireland said. Applewood will scent the room, Pearwood smells like flowers in bloom. But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry, A king may warm his slippers by....👍
The best "free and plentiful kindling" I've found is pine cones. Sit them on a bed of pine needles and you don't need any paper or chemical fire starter. Have you ever seen how well a pine forest burns and how quickly the fire travels along the ground?
Never had an ounce of trouble with anything I've ever burned in mine, and, I regularly check my chimney for debris/soot etc and there is only a minor amount of soot in the elbow at the rear of the stove, nothing in the flue/chimney whatsoever.
I burn the old broken pallets from my work. Also old wooden skirting etc. Been using my wenlock burner for 17 years now. No problems. Which firewood company are you sponsored by???.
I’ve been burning pallet wood for 18 years in my log burner with no problems and will continue as it’s free along with chair legs , off cuts from site , fence posts basically anything ( bare wood of course no paint etc ) 😉👌
I don't have a wood burning stove. What I have is an open fire. I burn anything that burns from best Colombian coal,kiln dried hardwood,green softwood logs,railway sleepers,pallets but the best burning wood I have used is green heart the stuff they make piles for piers.ps I haven't had the chimney swept in 20 years
I burn pallet blocks marked HT only , two blocks hold a temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour in my clearveiw pioneer 400 , it keeps the stove bang in the middle of the optimum burning zone on my valiant thermometer which is placed 4 inches above the stove top on the pipe, anyone see any issue with this?????? blocks are all ht , no paint.
Only ever seen one pallet that was treated and I've burnt plenty. You should be warning about garden waste wood often offered as firewood, this can be old sheds, posts, fencing and decking. This stuff is toxic it has been pressure treated unlike pallet wood that is kiln dried.
@@monday7150 A lot of pressure treated wood contained cyanide and other nasty stuff, it is better now but still creates toxins as it burns. Pallet wood is hardly ever treated, it would be a waste to prevent it rotting becase the pallet (ike the moth) has a very short life.
when I burned wood I once had a chimney fire and my old neighbour told me to have regular hot paper and or potato peel fires to keep the chimney clean...it worked well.
In NZ most local pallets are single use untreated dry timber. Awesome burning and easy to mix with logs. Imported pallets are usually heat treated, and easily avoided if you don’t want to use them
Untreated pallet wood is some of the best-seasoned wood you can find as its been out in all weathers during all the seasons and can be years old. As long as it's stored in a dry place and allowed to dry out it's absolutely perfect. As wood burners have become more popular the cost of a delivery of seasoned/kiln-dried logs has gone through the roof.
i use nothing but pallet wood and my house is officially "toastie" , hahaha and its free . Perfectly fine , if it,s not dyed red or blue and when its dry. I sweep my own chimney with a kit i bought off Ebay for 20 quid .
I used to do a milk delivery round in UK, & 1 particular hoseing estate we delivered to you could smell burning rubber, so I asked a customer wot they was burning ,he replied a piece of old car tyre it slowly burns away all night to keep the fire in!! No problems there !!!
Never had our chimney swept in 30 years, built with 200mm clay liner, sent a pigeon up it last week, watched it come out of the pot and looked clean, i'll get it done again in 30 years.
I am 58 years old . Everything got put on the fire by my parents. When I was a child,the bin man came collect the one and only bin on his shoulder then emptied it . So if the bin looked like it was filling up to fast, all sorts of stuff got thrown on it ,peelings etc. I sold the family home 4 years ago, and it never had the chimney cleaned Ever!
My mum was the same everything Went on the fire I do miss having a coal fire you can't beat thick uncut bread toasted on a coal fire ohh my childhood right there I loved the smell in the air when everybody had a coal fire lit x
@@TheKevgray1 rubbish this a natual evolution of the plant it will get hotter over the next 1000s of years then cool down again just learn to live with it you aint stoppin it
In all fairness, this is the first guy that's told me not to burn pallet wood that hasn't then gone on to try and sell me their overpriced, freshly drop-shipped, seasoned kiln-dried wood.
Yes they said the same about construction industry offcuts but I have been burning pallet wood, old and new construction timber as well as old furniture for years and shall continue to do so. How long will it be before people go out with chainsaws and cut down the trees in the hedgerows and woodlands. No amount of legislation or rules and regulations will stop it from happening when people get desperate.
Thanks Mr Soot - i noticed the Kit Kat wrapper was priced at 6d which makes it old - pre decimalization - and prompted some further thought and investigation. I bet the person that carelessly discarded that vintage Kit Kat wrapper ' back in the day ' would never have guessed that one day this very same wrapper could potentially be seen by millions,nay billions of people around the globe ? After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971, when the pound was divided up as it is still done today..Before 1971 money was divided into pounds (£ or l ) shillings (s. or /-) and pennies (d.)
Does anyone here leave the door open once the coal has turned grey? The wife and I are having a dispute about whether the door should be closed at all times when burning coal. Thanks.
chrisjones2224 ... I still have my brick making "machine". Old newspapers were soaked in the bath for a couple of days. Pulled the plug, filled a bucket on a rope with the mulch, let it down to the garden where the children emptied it out down the garden. When it was all done, I'd fill the brick shaper, press the water out. I had 40-50 bricks which were left to dry in the sun. Stored them under dry cover and used in the winter. Each brick burned for about 2 hours...
I think we can safely say pallet wood is ok to burn in the uk, as long as it’s not treated or painted. My only bit of wisdom from 40 years of wood burning experience is burn mixed woods. I seldom burn one type on its own, a little soft wood with oak to compliment one another. Chestnut is a pig to burn on its own and a few pieces of pallet wood go very well. Burning wood of high moisture content doesn’t allow the oils to fully burn off before condensing in the chimney and resulting in black creosote formations. I’ve seen a friends 8inch flues reduced to 4 with thick crispy cornflakes of black creosote. Eventually they ignite and explode in the chimney if the tar condenses it can run back doent the chimney as a slimy tar slick seen that pour out of flue joints put together wrong as well. Not sure about carbon monoxide poisoning from wet wood, never tried burning it didn’t seem to make any sense putting your fire out with wet wood. Finally try not to allow room air to be used in your fire feed the air from outside into your fire from underneath. Not always possible I understand but if you have a timber suspended floor with under floor cavity you can lay ducting as I did to bring external air into your fire. Keeps your room and house much safer as the O2 levels remain heathy.
My boiler outside in sep. house,so only thing not use is wet things.Boiler cast iron connected to big tank with water,so can burn with high temp,even old tires dont make any smoke,thank you.
Nowt wrong with pallets , burned them for YEARS . Cut them up in summer , seasoned them in my wood shed and they burn nice, always use splinters of pallets for kindling , I used to pass the industrial estates and they would often leave pallets out free to collect ( I asked them anyway) Blue pallets I used to get a £5 for and white ones just got chopped up . NEVER EVER had to buy wood , only the smokeless/ coal 50:50 mix .
On another U_Tube channel, pallet wood is one of the most efficient fuel materials, highly recommended, cheap, dry and clean with high output pound for pound.
We just got a Tara multi fuel stove for our house so we would probably need to change the normal polish coal to smokeless coal or just use wood for the stove
So basically for best safety......stick potted plant in it, leave the door open and NEVER EVER WHATEVER YOU DO GO NEAR IT WITH A LIGHTER OR A BOX OF MATCHES! Got it, just off to stick a couple of degrees on the underfloor heating.
My answer is, burn pallets, particle board, OSB, plywood, paper plastic trash, used motor oil bottles, to get my furnace started in the morning. 45 years never a chimney fire. Buy a magnet hand held wand, plenty of nails and staples in the ash.
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After reading all the comments along with my own 63 years experience, think I'll be giving Mr Soot the boot.
I have literally been burning everything he said don't burn for years upon years with zero issues. What an absolute nerd of a chap
I have to agree with plastics, surely. Otherwise we burn anything.
Greedy bastard chuck ya electric car in for a diesel & put the gas on NOW your your producing 99% less pollution dick head 🤪
There's nothing like a plastic milk bottle for getting it started.
I think following his advice just makes his cleaning job easier 😂
There's nothing like an old tyre for getting it started 🛞
We heated our house with the same villager stove for 25 years using over 90% pallet wood. It never cost us a penny and never caused any problems.
Hi Kerry, I too have been burning pallets in stoves for decades. If a pallet has no markings it's not treated at all but can not be sent abroad. If it's marked HT then the wood has been heat treated, not with chemicals, in a kiln to kill any beetles or fungal disease and can be sent overseas. If it's marked MB don't burn it! I was well informed by a company who recycle 6000 pallets a month and know their stuff.
@@johnswimcat All the pallets I get are unmarked, but thanks for the tip: useful for anyone getting into burning them, though perhaps I shouldn't encourage it as there won't be any around for me!
US or UK? 99% of our pallets in the US are oak. Might be different overseas. The only issue I might have is some unseen chemical that might have spilled and soaked in a pallet. I don't burn them in my house but in my shop. I normally have the fume extractor going for the welder if I'm out there. Plus any other given chemicals out there are gonna kill me at any time anyways.
I’ve used pallet wood that isn’t painted / treated.
I cut it up into kindling.
Well said, pallet wood is fantastic. 👌🏻
Woops ! I've been using a mix of Kit Kat wrappers and shredded tractor tyres from the local farm.Re high burn temp compromising the glass integrity i got smart and removed the glass so no worries on that score.
This guy must have the only multi fuel stove on the planet that wont burn multi fuel or any fuel hardly.
Bollocks I use pallets and kit kat wrappers all the time in my stove never had any problems
You are the reason for safety warnings.
@@coolboy5428 arrest him lol
Have you tried old tyres? They're free, you can pick them up at most uk lay-bys
In the times we are in now, people will be burning anything and everything….
Old tyres and plastic bags.
@@jimbobalob2491 old shoes and cut up plastic . with pallet wood ,goes a treat cheap/free and hot.
When we were kids early 70s every house in the country had coal fires my dad burnt everything slippers/food wrappers/ everything that would burn, recycling was better then milk bottles, beer and pop bottles when back and you got money back off them, not as much plastic products the bin men would come & empty the bin and it was almost empty (in fact we called it a ash bin as that was almost all that went in it)
Nearly all pallets in Europe are heat treated without any chemical treatment. They are marked HT somewhere on the pallet usually on the block corners. They are basically seasoned soft woods and only need to be kept dry. They do burn hot as they burn quickly and release the heat potential over a shorter period but once you are used to them you just put a smaller load on each time and the overall temperature reduces accordingly. This does mean you will have to charge the fire more often.
Yep this guy is a total lefty snowflake and need to keep his opinions to himself unless he did his subject matter.Hold on isn't this guy supposed to be qualified being called Mr Slut i mean soot sorry?
@@SuperRickyjenkins Fu&king hell Rick, go easy mate!😂
Thanks for advice
Pallet wood is mostly made of green sap wood and still has high amounts of resin still in it and soots the chimney very quickly which can catch fire with the higher heat .
Tyvm mr soot
I use pallet wood as kindling and have for around ten years without a problem. What's the worst that could happen? Perhaps the chimney liner may need replacing? I'd be willingly get a new one put in if that is necessary as a consequence of burning pallet wood. Not burning pallet wood at all would be an aggregate greater cost in the long run I would think.
Pallet wood is very rarely treated, one off the best wood for fast heat and is usually well seasoned, log burners originated in Scandinavia and Canada where most of wood burned is pine or silver birch. The latter is what stockholm tar is produced from, keep plenty of heat going and largest liner possible and there's no problem. 60 years plus of burning wood on ranges and and burners with zero problems
My uncle used to heat his home using old roofing shingles, (tar shingles), used engine oil, and old books from those neighbourhood free libraries. He also used to encourage chimney fires as a way to purify the chimney - letting it run *bright* and hot, we would watch the embers fly off into the sky like fairies dancing with the fireflies. Never a risk to fire as they had a metal roof.
Once, he was burning a mixture of dried cow manure mixed with sawdust and pine needles - that stove burned so hot and warm. Sometimes, if we did not clean our rooms, our toys were tossed in the furnace - we learned real quick to keep the place tidy. Even our old shoes.
Sadly, he passed away before he reached his 110th birthday. We'll always remember you...
You had shoes ? 😯
When you think about it almost everyone passes before their 110th birthday
Mr Soot you haven't got a clue! Most pallets are not chemically treated and are absolutely ok to use as kindling, the ones that are coloured are treated. I know because I used to work for a firm making pallets.
I’ve got a pal that burns all sort of crap on his stove, he renovates a lot of houses and basically any wood that comes out of it, window frames, flooring, you name it, he burns it. He sweeps his chimney every other year and he’s happy. I don’t doubt that these naughty woods do have draw backs but it’s nowhere near as bad as made out. Especially if, like me you get something delivered on a pallet and instead of taking it to the tip you chop it up and add it to the log pile. It’s not a big deal if few and far between.
Good job Mr Soot you keep up the scaremongering, that way I'll have plenty of waste wood into the future to burn, PS it isn't "plastic" but "Accelerrant for starting
@@pjttaylor7186 huh?
@@pjttaylor7186 Wut?
Spot on mate, i do the same burn anything that resembles wood. Put a new stove in recently after over 20 yrs of use, liner came out clean as a whistle I've only swept it about 5 times. The mistake people make is they don't burn them hot enough.
Yes. When I used to carry out renovation work I cut up the old softwood doors. The hinges and locks glow red hot giving out more heat.
From a mate in the UK industry, the pallets themselves are OK to burn , but if the blocks joining the two halves are marked MB then they contain Methyl Bromide, and must not be burnt
I have a cup of Methyl Bromide every morning before work
why not?
Bromomethane, commonly known as methyl bromide, is an organobromine compound with formula CH3Br. This colorless, odorless, nonflammable gas is produced both industrially and biologically. It has a tetrahedral shape and it is a recognized ozone-depleting chemical. It was used extensively as a pesticide until being phased out by most countries in the early 2000s.
Yep! Those compound blocks made of sawdust and binders are absolutely toxic when burned. They smell like cancer. Avoid those at all costs. The rest of the pallet is fine to burn. Been burning pallets for years. Avoid the blue ones as they are owned by CHEP, a European pallet exchange company. They are treated with copper salts (giving the blue colour) to prevent moulding and rot.
@@twiglet2214
Sounds like just the thing to throw on the fire and spew into the atmosphere.
What could possibly go wrong?!
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Watching whilst sat in front of burning pallet wood.nice and warm
i'm about to light mine, pallet wood chopped into sticks (kindling) and coal for a quick light, before venturing to smokeless.
As a Sweep fitter & Arborist, pallet Wood is absolutely fine! Just make sure u sweep 2 per season if heavly uses and once if used sparingly.
My multi-fuel stove was installed less than a week ago it's got an air wash system everytime I fire it is ticking like a clock all time installer full of excuses any ideas
Ticking is the stove heating up and cooling down. When it's ticking your getting good temperature
@@Regtnutters burning pallets for 30 years chimney not been sweeped once
Like most rules, they are for the obedience of fools and guidance of wise men.
Most things are ok in moderation. We use pallet wood alongside normal seasoned logs and only after I have stripped off what I can re-purpose. Plastics are a no-no. Add a bit of processed coal when it's very cold. Wet wood? I agree, I have a number of ventilated stores. And finally, I try to avoid burning anything that's older than me. Sweep chimney once a year.
Been burning pallet wood for years,I cut the pallets up and dry store them in summer to use in winter, they do burn quite quickly and it is a bit of a pain constantly feeding it but when I think of all the gas I’m saving by it and then cost I soon forget about it. Sitting there in front of that stove in a freezing winter night with all that warmth and at no cost really does make me feel good,after all I’m only using what would be going to Landfill so recycling at the same time, Win Win all round.
Exactly cheap way to heat ya House
Been burning skip wood 50 / 60 years , I was about to go electric to ease my ageing back , then the government with the help of greta thunderbird fucked the economy they were counter productive with many now burning all kinds of shit to keep warm
If its wood we burn it, painted, bare, fitted with hinges etc,full of nails, pallets, 'wind fall' trees from the estate. Commercial kiln dried logs to expensive and quick to burn, air dried for a year is perfect dry enough to burn nicely, wet enough to last. Every year or so take the 'iron harvest' from the reclaimed timber and weigh it in. Never had problem with flue or stove, sweep once a year its all good. Cheap supermarket bags work as well as firelighters or newspaper, to light the fire.
Causes creosote ? That's handy can't get it elsewhere now so I can make my own !
Sorry but we do all 4 of those, and more, old carpet, chipboard, old beds, railway sleepers ( they really burn with the creosote),painted wood, old fence panels, old sofas, and chairs, cardboard, any packaging, we have a steal liner, sweep it regularly, no problems free heat, and hot water
Nothing wrong with treated pallets...as long as it was treated fairly😂
So if you dont burn pallets what happens to them, Landfill or burnt outside on a bonfire.
I tried burning an old boot. Very difficult, in that she kept escaping. I did mange in the end though. Peace and quiet ever after!
Well done lad . Perseverance pays off .
Could you please forward me exact details of how you completed this successfully, - I’m quite happy to pay ! !
do you want another one ???
@@johntailing5283 soak in waste oil add a small piece of tyre and hey presto revenge on the greenies for ruining utility prices , light up and watch them cry
Should have encouraged it to go for a 3 mile run everyday, mines been gone for a month now nearly 100 miles away, that's a warm feeling alright🤣
Is it ok to burn the cardboard tubes from carpet shops. I've got access to loads of them
I burn loads of pallet wood, mainly for kindling, never had any issues.
please tell me what i can burn as im open to modern burning methods thank you Mr Soot
I’ve burnt pallet wood for years along with wood used for stud walling from work on site and never had a problem.
You can burn pallet wood as long as you make sure it's untreated, but there's still some concern about chemicals that may have been spilled on the pallet during its lifetime. Construction lumber carries a similar precaution. If it's untreated, you should be fine, but burning treated lumber is a bad idea. The fumes from the chemicals used to treat the lumber are quite toxic.
@@Kaelland yeah they may be toxic but fumes go up out of the flu so that isn’t an issue for me,the problem with burning ‘undesirable’ fuel is leaving coatings on the actual flue that can set on fire and that’s not good obviously.
Pallet wood is good
pallet wood nor wall studs are treated with anything.
@@survivortechharold6575 Treated pallets do exist. I have seen them with my own eyes. They are far less common than untreated and even painted pallets, but they do exist.
I've been burning pallet wood for years usually as dry kindling to get the fire started. The biggest problem is the amount of nails in the ash.
I just run a magnet from a music speaker through the ash before putting it in the bucket.
@@markmeyer3096 I collect all the nails and after a year or so, weigh them in and end up with a free takeaway!
@@shaziman1 I do the same. Its a waste of the planets resources not to recycle them.
@@shaziman1 Good tip, thanks.
Use a magnet and collect the nails
Thanks for this, can anyone answer my stove question, my steel flu pipe runs through a plate and about a metre into the original flue, my neighbours have copex liners and I'm wondering if I should have the same. People have told me that mine is perfectly okay as the flu has been used for many years taking smoke from an open fire and later a stove, which makes sense, but I can't help wondering why my neighbours who have had their stoves fitted more recently have gone for the liners.
Just done it , and done it before no problems, just remove it ,if you ever sell the house, or plead it was there when you moved in, remember when the government went nuts over flues,the installers smelt money.
I always use pallet wood as kindling, also they do say to burn your stove really hot every now and again to burn the soot away. Are you sponsored by a fire log company?
Are you stupid?
@@chuckspencer8540 u are
Pallet wood is chemically treated.only a stupid person would burn it,especially in a confined space.it is highly toxic.are you stupid as well? Oh,and by the way,there's only one 'p' in synaptic!!!
@@chuckspencer8540 some is chemically treated. If so it’s marked on the wood. MB for methyl bromide. If it’s marked HT it has been heat treated to 56 degrees Celsius for at least 30 mins and is safe to burn.
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I'm in my 70s, in the US, and have been burning wood fires my whole life. I burn seasoned wood but along with it, anything that burns. Pallet wood, paper and plastic waste w/o problems. Wet wood will create creosote in the chimney and you will risk a chimney fire. But burning hot for a time every day, will keep the creosote at bay.
I have a chimney fire every morning, when I open her up and let her go..never had any issues..
Yep the hotter the fire the less soot the smoldering fires create more
I like cedar smells best
Thank you for sharing you're love of a good fire 🔥 🔥
Burning plastic releases toxins into the air that other people and animals breathe. It's not a good move.
Spot on Fella !
Little tip on free plentiful kindling for starting... over Summer gather any ash twigs you can find and snap them into 6-7" lengths. Over winter, put a handful over a 1/3rd of a fire lighter block and your fuel of choice over that. The fire will light every time. The ash twigs burn hot and easily as long as chopped kindling and will ignite everything, even coal ovoids...
Beechwood fire burns bright and clear,
If the logs are kept a year.
Store your Beech for Christmastide,
With New Year Holly cut beside.
Chestnuts only good they say
If for years is stored away.
Birch and Firwood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright and do not last.
Flames from Larch will shoot up high,
Dangerously the sparks will fly.
But Ashwood green and Ashwood brown,
Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.
Oaken logs if dry and old,
Keep away the winter cold.
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Elmwood burns like churchyard mould,
And even the very flames are cold.
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread,
So it is in Ireland said.
Applewood will scent the room,
Pearwood smells like flowers in bloom.
But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry,
A king may warm his slippers by....👍
Charming and maybe useful
What about spruce Sitka?
The best "free and plentiful kindling" I've found is pine cones.
Sit them on a bed of pine needles and you don't need any paper or chemical fire starter.
Have you ever seen how well a pine forest burns and how quickly the fire travels along the ground?
@@trueaussie9230 fantastic, looking forward to trying this.
Pallets are dangerous.
I once dropped one on my toe and it was sore for nearly the whole day!
I dropped a heavy one and it slid down my lower legs. Talk about skinned shins and pain!
I ALWAYS WEAR MY STEEL TOE CAP BOOTS WHEN I'M BURNING PALLETS 🤣🤣🤣
@@chriscoburn6614lol
What about car tyres mine is multi fueled
Oh. You come from russia.
Cross ply or radial? 😁
to much wire in them but burn well neighbors might object best invite them round for a warm and drinks
Yeh, but remember only when it's dark so the smoke police don't come knocking.
Never had an ounce of trouble with anything I've ever burned in mine, and, I regularly check my chimney for debris/soot etc and there is only a minor amount of soot in the elbow at the rear of the stove, nothing in the flue/chimney whatsoever.
for pallets you need to look for HT marking, usually on the blocks, which stands for heat treated, ie not chemically treated
I burn the old broken pallets from my work. Also old wooden skirting etc. Been using my wenlock burner for 17 years now. No problems. Which firewood company are you sponsored by???.
I was thinking the same.
Greta Thunberg forestry Inc
@@pjttaylor7186 🤭🤭🤭😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve been burning pallet wood for 18 years in my log burner with no problems and will continue as it’s free along with chair legs , off cuts from site , fence posts basically anything ( bare wood of course no paint etc ) 😉👌
paint burns fine .
Can you burn old shoes? a guy in a pub told me that during WW2 they burned piles of old shoes to stay warm.
Was he German🤔
Where did you get a KitKat wrapper with 6d on it, it must be about 50 years old.
I noticed that I think he has a Woodburner powered time machine. 🇬🇧👍
In honour of St.Greta perhaps I should reconsider burning tractor tyres in mine
I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning
@@pjttaylor7186 thats what my 95 year old grandad says
They stink,but they burn hot!
🤣🤣🤣
Throw her on the fire.
I don't have a wood burning stove. What I have is an open fire. I burn anything that burns from best Colombian coal,kiln dried hardwood,green softwood logs,railway sleepers,pallets but the best burning wood I have used is green heart the stuff they make piles for piers.ps I haven't had the chimney swept in 20 years
Cracked the glass? What coal do canal boats use then?
The way things are at the moment who gives a shit as long as its warm.
I burn pallet blocks marked HT only , two blocks hold a temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour in my clearveiw pioneer 400 , it keeps the stove bang in the middle of the optimum burning zone on my valiant thermometer which is placed 4 inches above the stove top on the pipe, anyone see any issue with this?????? blocks are all ht , no paint.
I've been burning pallet wood for years in the same stove.Get it swept every year.No problem.
Can you burn car tryers on wood burner when cut up into pieces. It burns for hours but a bit smokey out of chimney pot.
been on a one day course have you
Only ever seen one pallet that was treated and I've burnt plenty. You should be warning about garden waste wood often offered as firewood, this can be old sheds, posts, fencing and decking. This stuff is toxic it has been pressure treated unlike pallet wood that is kiln dried.
Whats wrong with pressure treated wood for burning?
lovely blue green flames :
@@monday7150 A lot of pressure treated wood contained cyanide and other nasty stuff, it is better now but still creates toxins as it burns. Pallet wood is hardly ever treated, it would be a waste to prevent it rotting becase the pallet (ike the moth) has a very short life.
I use pallet wood as kindling to start the fire but always have my chimney swept every year without fail
when I burned wood I once had a chimney fire and my old neighbour told me to have regular hot paper and or potato peel fires to keep the chimney clean...it worked well.
Can you describe better to what you mean
Are you meaning put say like news paper in it now and a gain
And also burn potato peel?
My aunt had a Stanley range. She burned turf, newspapers, milk cartons, egg shells..i think the pigs got the peelings
A nice heap of pallet wood is great for an instant chimney clean. I've had mine looking like mt etna from outside.
That's called a flue fire. I wouldn't recommend using that system anymore without inspection and repair.
@@jerrodlopes186 i new a farmer who regally had chimney fire cheaper than a sweep his was a open fire
May I ask .is it possible to remove the pot and slab to replace them on a lot hanging liner .
What's pallet wood? Wood used to make skids?
I think this guy works for the environment agency, All thou a nice chap,,, If I did what he said, then I would have died from the cold, 😂😂
In NZ most local pallets are single use untreated dry timber. Awesome burning and easy to mix with logs. Imported pallets are usually heat treated, and easily avoided if you don’t want to use them
Untreated pallet wood is some of the best-seasoned wood you can find as its been out in all weathers during all the seasons and can be years old. As long as it's stored in a dry place and allowed to dry out it's absolutely perfect.
As wood burners have become more popular the cost of a delivery of seasoned/kiln-dried logs has gone through the roof.
Never mind how much energy is wasted by kiln drying logs to burn!
I bet you can recommend someone we can buy good seasoned logs from? For a price!
What is household coal, is it the same as smokeless coal, I use this all the time?
i use nothing but pallet wood and my house is officially "toastie" , hahaha and its free . Perfectly fine , if it,s not dyed red or blue and when its dry. I sweep my own chimney with a kit i bought off Ebay for 20 quid .
Can you burn ceader in your fire place
I used to do a milk delivery round in UK, & 1 particular hoseing estate we delivered to you could smell burning rubber, so I asked a customer wot they was burning ,he replied a piece of old car tyre it slowly burns away all night to keep the fire in!! No problems there !!!
Can't beat an old work boot 😁
I burn pallets too. No issues
Just not the blocks if they are the pressed ones as they’re full of glue
Just wondered how long that Kitkat wrapper was in the stove, price is 6d making it pre decimalisation, before 1971!
There's always those that don't like you getting things for free
Pallets are usually made from poplar,which is great for starting the fire if good and dry and plastic film is the same chemical as in firelighters
Never had our chimney swept in 30 years, built with 200mm clay liner, sent a pigeon up it last week, watched it come out of the pot and looked clean, i'll get it done again in 30 years.
What about plywood? Are the glues in the plies toxic?
I am 58 years old . Everything got put on the fire by my parents. When I was a child,the bin man came collect the one and only bin on his shoulder then emptied it . So if the bin looked like it was filling up to fast, all sorts of stuff got thrown on it ,peelings etc. I sold the family home 4 years ago, and it never had the chimney cleaned Ever!
My mum was the same everything Went on the fire I do miss having a coal fire you can't beat thick uncut bread toasted on a coal fire ohh my childhood right there I loved the smell in the air when everybody had a coal fire lit x
Yes John. Love this
same we burnt anything
That's why the planets fucked
@@TheKevgray1 rubbish this a natual evolution of the plant it will get hotter over the next 1000s of years then cool down again just learn to live with it you aint stoppin it
I use old engine oil to start mine then anything that burns, pitch fibre pipes are brilliant!
Pallet wood hasnt had chemical treatments since early 2000's. They are now all heat treated.
This video is sponsored by the “Expensive Fuel Company”. All about making us pay more to keep warm.
I exclusively buy KitKat's for the wrappers to get the fire started, it's virtually impossible to get a fire going without KitKat wrappers
In all fairness, this is the first guy that's told me not to burn pallet wood that hasn't then gone on to try and sell me their overpriced, freshly drop-shipped, seasoned kiln-dried wood.
I find a nice mixture of shredded Union Flags and unsold Remembrance Poppies provides a lovely ember, makes the room nice and cosy 🤩🤭🔥🇬🇧🔥
Yes they said the same about construction industry offcuts but I have been burning pallet wood, old and new construction timber as well as old furniture for years and shall continue to do so. How long will it be before people go out with chainsaws and cut down the trees in the hedgerows and woodlands. No amount of legislation or rules and regulations will stop it from happening when people get desperate.
So your saying I can only burn one kind of fuel in a multi fuel stove?
Thanks Mr Soot - i noticed the Kit Kat wrapper was priced at 6d which makes it old - pre decimalization - and prompted some further thought and investigation. I bet the person that carelessly discarded that vintage Kit Kat wrapper ' back in the day ' would never have guessed that one day this very same wrapper could potentially be seen by millions,nay billions of people around the globe ?
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971, when the pound was divided up as it is still done today..Before 1971 money was divided into pounds (£ or l ) shillings (s. or /-) and pennies (d.)
I agree I never burn coal. Have you seen the price of it
Can't burn pallet wood
Can't burn unseasoned wood
Can't burn COAL
What's the point having a stove
You are a moron!
@@alanmarr3323 he's right. U grow up moron
burn what you like, it won't make a jot of difference, if china and a number of others don't give a **** you won't alter things.
Get rid of the stove...go all electric...then the electric company can charge you what they like
Gas would be even better...37% increase last year
I've burned HARDWOOD pallets for years and some of the 48x48 weigh in at 60-80 pounds and produce great free heat
Hardwood pallets are usually rental ones. 🦘🇦🇺
Does anyone here leave the door open once the coal has turned grey? The wife and I are having a dispute about whether the door should be closed at all times when burning coal. Thanks.
Never leave the door open as you might get burglars in the night.
As I understand it, pallet wood is untreated because it is semi-disposable. Never had a problem with it.
...... burning pallets made out of plastic takes an age to cut them up, ..emoji sad face.
What are peoples thoughts/experience re the burning home made blocks, pulped, soaked and compressed waste paper/cardboard etc
chrisjones2224 ... I still have my brick making "machine". Old newspapers were soaked in the bath for a couple of days. Pulled the plug, filled a bucket on a rope with the mulch, let it down to the garden where the children emptied it out down the garden. When it was all done, I'd fill the brick shaper, press the water out. I had 40-50 bricks which were left to dry in the sun. Stored them under dry cover and used in the winter. Each brick burned for about 2 hours...
I use softwood and pallet wood to get my fire nice and hot and then chuck on the better wood after. I may chuck on the odd bit of softwood in between.
I think we can safely say pallet wood is ok to burn in the uk, as long as it’s not treated or painted. My only bit of wisdom from 40 years of wood burning experience is burn mixed woods. I seldom burn one type on its own, a little soft wood with oak to compliment one another. Chestnut is a pig to burn on its own and a few pieces of pallet wood go very well. Burning wood of high moisture content doesn’t allow the oils to fully burn off before condensing in the chimney and resulting in black creosote formations. I’ve seen a friends 8inch flues reduced to 4 with thick crispy cornflakes of black creosote. Eventually they ignite and explode in the chimney if the tar condenses it can run back doent the chimney as a slimy tar slick seen that pour out of flue joints put together wrong as well. Not sure about carbon monoxide poisoning from wet wood, never tried burning it didn’t seem to make any sense putting your fire out with wet wood. Finally try not to allow room air to be used in your fire feed the air from outside into your fire from underneath. Not always possible I understand but if you have a timber suspended floor with under floor cavity you can lay ducting as I did to bring external air into your fire. Keeps your room and house much safer as the O2 levels remain heathy.
Please can you explain a chimney fire. How dangerous is that ?
My boiler outside in sep. house,so only thing not use is wet things.Boiler cast iron connected to big tank with water,so can burn with high temp,even old tires dont make any smoke,thank you.
Nowt wrong with pallets , burned them for YEARS . Cut them up in summer , seasoned them in my wood shed and they burn nice, always use splinters of pallets for kindling , I used to pass the industrial estates and they would often leave pallets out free to collect ( I asked them anyway) Blue pallets I used to get a £5 for and white ones just got chopped up . NEVER EVER had to buy wood , only the smokeless/ coal 50:50 mix .
Had 2 stoves in my house for 20 years burn anything and everything no problems..
On another U_Tube channel, pallet wood is one of the most efficient fuel materials, highly recommended, cheap, dry and clean with high output pound for pound.
Burn "F" all, and surround the stove with 12 buckets of water, just in case a stray spark comes in through the window.
We just got a Tara multi fuel stove for our house so we would probably need to change the normal polish coal to smokeless coal or just use wood for the stove
i make pallets the logs come in and go on the saw no chemicals
So basically for best safety......stick potted plant in it, leave the door open and NEVER EVER WHATEVER YOU DO GO NEAR IT WITH A LIGHTER OR A BOX OF MATCHES! Got it, just off to stick a couple of degrees on the underfloor heating.
what planet are you on we burnt avery thing on open fireplace in old days no problems and cheaper than your under floor rubbish
@@ivorjones6618 it was sarcasm
what about lorry tyres?
Lorry tyres.... how big is your stove. I struggle to get Mini tyre in mine 🤔
My answer is, burn pallets, particle board, OSB, plywood, paper plastic trash, used motor oil bottles, to get my furnace started in the morning.
45 years never a chimney fire. Buy a magnet hand held wand, plenty of nails and staples in the ash.
Got a nice 20kw stove cooking away right now with whiskey barrel lids [chopped up of course] .