What happens if you burn wet firewood

Things can be salvaged. Chucking your wet logs onto the fire might seem like a good way to dry them out. After all, fire heats up water and causes it to evaporate off as steam. In a pinch, you can do this. The heat will force some of the moisture to evaporate out, hopefully making them dry enough to burn in an hour or so. In most situations though, we really recommend drying your logs properly before burning them. Wet firewood is much more prone to crackle and pop as well — neither of which are particularly problematic, but they definitely disrupt the relaxing ambience of a campfire or fireplace.

Burning wet firewood is also the start of a dangerous process —. These factors are why we make sure to keep the moisture content in our firewood super low. Drying wet firewood is possible and, depending on how much time you have, there are a few ways to do it.

In this case, you can try drying it in your oven. Be careful if you use this method, and follow the steps carefully. Wood in a hot oven is, obviously, a fire risk. So take all relevant precautions and supervise the wood throughout the process.

If your burning wet wood, then your fireplace is working overtime. You are not getting the most efficient performance you could be getting. You will notice a huge difference when you burn dry wood, the firebox glows hot, the glass stays clean and there is less smoke. You can even hear a difference in the burning, with dry wood you will get that crackling fire sound and the wet wood will be more of a sizzling steaming sound.

Burning wet wood may also be dangerous to your health by producing extra smoke and particles into the air. When you burn dry wood in a Lopi large wood heater it will burn for 12 hours on one load of wood, now that efficient!!!!

Our Torquay showroom is filled with a range of designer gas fireplaces, wood fireplaces, bioethanol fireplaces and outdoor fireplaces, so you will be able to find something that matches your style. For more details please call on — or why not just drop by our Heathhall depot and take a look at all the wood fuels that are on offer? This site uses cookies for marketing, personalisation, and analysis purposes. You can opt out of this at any time or view our full privacy policy for more information.

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