Anyone burn kiln dried wood scraps?

That's exactly what I do for some. But here i store them in the garage or just outside but undercover. The garage is what I would term as outside. It has big drafts and not shut up well so the moisture travels well in there. Likely up to "normal". If I put the wood outside its likely to be rained on then gets moldy on the surface. Controlling the moisture intake this way but I agree that moisture actually helps a fire where the greatest absence of it inhibits it. Kiln dried is just best for the quick job. Get the logs ready to go after that fire.

 

I will use scrap lumber to light off the stove in the garage but after that, its only an occasional piece here and there along the way with the normal firewood. Normal being maple, ash, oak, ironwood, birch.

 

Split it up and it will make kindling, if you burn it 100% just watch for overfire situations. If it were me I would start the fire get some fast heat then load regular splits.

 

Likely use these for starting the fire and move to splits. Its more efficient to get a hotter smaller fire going than starting with logs anyways. No shortage of those cut offs. Great for starting fires when its been raining constantly for the pit fire.

 

^^^this^^^

 

using splits i have had inside shop for 9 months- around 12 % moisture content- don't want put a full load of that in stove as it will go beyond nuclear.

 

Is dampening going to do any good?

 

also depends on species... pine is light burns fast not much heat my furniture makers use walnut cherry and maple ... those types in dimensionAL lumber produce as much heat as splits of same species maybe more.. (drier wood less water) I burned about 10 pieces of cherry last nite.. 2 by 6 size 12 inches long as a test house warn and still got coals this am

 

damping down will cut off the dog house but there is no control on the air wash or secondaries - 3 4x4 splits damped down looks like hells inferno opening up any will make the temp gauge look like one from a cartoon where it blows out the top. Stuff out in the stacks is kinda rain soaked from side ways rain

 

I think the idea of KD "kiln dried" needs some thought.
It's slightly misrepresented by some.

Imo there isn't much difference between kindling and kiln dried.
Kindling will come down to almost the same MC within a few months.

Unless it's straight out of the kiln at 6% for some species/uses or 8% it will aclimate before it goes in the stove.

Air dried Small hardwood wood working peices I have laying around in the garage are 11%.(not a year old yet) Stuff on the shelf close to the Woodstove (oak) is 10%. Wood trim in the house KD aclimated (pine) is 9%.

I think running hot is contributed to a bunch of small thin peices.

I love starting a fire with n armfull of hardwood scrap!
If I were more into "safe" and "clean" burning that's what I would use spring and fall just to take the chill out of the house.

 

I am burning some now just to take the chill out of the house.

I am super-sick, but the wife fired up the stove, had it going good, then had to make a trip to the hospital so she shut it up tight. When we got home we thought it was out, but nope; opened the damper and have been warm all day.

I burn a lot of slabs off the sawmill too. Not sure if they are as dry as KD, but must be close after a few years.