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Can I Burn My Christmas Tree? AS THE FESTIVE SEASON COMES TO AN END AND WE TAKE DOWN OUR STOCKINGS AND START PUTTING BAUBLES BACK INTO BOXES, THERE IS ONE SOMEWHAT LARGER DECORATION NOT SO EASILY DEALT WITH
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am of course talking about your Christmas tree. A question I get asked a lot this time of year is what should you do with your festive centerpiece, more specifically, can you burn your Christmas tree? The answer? Well yes, but no. Christmas trees traditionally are pine conifers. A lot of you have likely heard that you should never burn pine or other conifer trees as they are full of sap and resins and are likely to cause your chimney to ‘tar up’. Although it is true that
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conifer trees do have increased seasoning, and your Christmas tree is no concentrations of resins in them compared exception to this. The pine needles from to their deciduous counterparts, so long as your tree will dry out somewhat during the your fire is burning at a festive season due to high enough temperature their high surface When a Christmas tree is (get yourself a stovepipe area but even these burnt, the initial blaze can thermometer if you’re not will need two to three sure), these will combust be incredibly hard to control months to dry out just like the other before they can go compounds found in all anywhere near your fire. Even so, you will natural woods and therefore won’t cause find that when a Christmas tree is burnt, any problems for your chimney. the initial blaze can be incredibly hard to control. Due to the high surface area, any Most of us are quite aware that even the best, most dense hardwoods require available heat will be given off very
