Is pine firewood bad to burn indoors?

Question

Someone told me I shouldn't burn pine firewood in my house. Why is that? I'm cutting up a bunch of (already) fallen trees from the forest near my place, and there are a few nice, big pines that would make for a lot of logs.

Answer 1

Burning pine logs will create creosote build up in your chimney. Over time this can lead to a chimney fire. I had this happen in a house. Burn some hard woods, like oak or maple with the pine. This creates a hotter fire and helps reduce the build up in the chimney.

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Answer 3

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Is pine firewood bad to burn indoors?
Someone told me I shouldn't burn pine firewood in my house. Why is that? I'm cutting up a bunch of (already) fallen trees from the forest near my place, and there are a few nice, big pines that would make for a lot of logs.

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Is pine firewood bad to burn indoors?
Someone told me I shouldn't burn pine firewood in my house. Why is that? I'm cutting up a bunch of (already) fallen trees from the forest near my place, and there are a few nice, big pines that would make for a lot of logs.

Answer 6

I have never seen so many responses from people that know so little about what they are talking about. I am 63 and live in Maine. I have cut, split, seasoned, stacked and burned wood all my life. Creosote build up in stoves or chimneys comes from one place only that that is WET WOOD. You can get it from wet oak just as well as wet pine.

The only problem with pine as well as spruce, willow, fir, balsam, cedar, larch, tamarack, etc, is that it burns too quickly. This is the only reason I tend to stay with hardwoods. Softwood such as pine would never last through the night.

I would have no problem using dry pine during the day, but would probably do a mix of soft and hardwood. Just make sure that it is dry which means below 20% moisture content.

Answer 7

I burn Ponderosa (or Yellow) pine regularly ,and lately, because of all the tree mortality in our area, I burn it exclusively. Pieces from lower on the trunk can have a lot of "pitch", or sap. Some pines, such as Lodgepole (or Tamarack) contain less sap. Pine burns fast because it is not as dense as hardwood. The disadvantage to that is that the fire needs to be tended more often. However, you should have no problem burning pine if you do the following...
1. Only burn dry wood, one summer of drying is good if kept out of any rain.
2. Have your stove pipe cleaned at least once every two years.
3. Burn the wood hot by allowing the fire to get plenty of oxygen

Answer 8

You need to stop burning Pine inside your fire place (1) pine is very sappy and it make creasole and that coats the chimmney pipe this is very flammable if a flame is to hit it in 1 to 2 years time your smoke stack will be filled with the pine sap and this will cause a fire in your chimmney so if you don't want your home any more keep burning it if you want to stay there stop burning it and have your chimmney cleaned out it's about 100.00 to have it cleaned burn hard wood it's better and lasts longer and it doesn't make sap and will not cling to your pipe stop now

Answer 9

So many ignorant people posting false information. Creosote build up has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the type of wood. It is related to the moisture content. Buy well-seasoned wood, and you won't have any problems. Pine gives instant heat, and burns well when dry. So do hardwoods like poplar.

Answer 10

Pine has a lot of resin that can build up in your chimney, causing a chimney fire. Pine does make good kindling though. Cut up the pine and have a bonfire party one weekend.