Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Sawmilling solution required!!!

Hi Mark & Brock,

I have found that softwood bark tends to be intumescant in nature i.e. it doesn't burn very well and expands in the stove eventually blocking the fire grate. I now debark Douglas Fir and Larch when I intend to burn this in our stove. We have no pine in our woodlot and I wonder if this does the same ? It might well be that a period of time spent in a pile is needed to allow the bark to loosen and fall prior to attempting to burn this in the stove.

Regards

Ken Hume