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WOOD STOVE UTILISATION

Your heating unit was designed to burn wood only; no other materials should be burnt.

Wastes and other flammable materials should not be burnt in your wood stove. Any type

of wood may be used in your stove, but specific varieties have better energy yields than

others. Please consult the following table in order to make the best possible choice.

High energy yield

Medium energy yield

Low energy yield

Data provided by Energy, Mines and Resources - Canada

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE DRY WOOD ONLY IN YOUR WOOD

STOVE. The wood must have dried for 9 to 15 months, such that the humidity content (in

weight) is reduced below 20% of the weight of the log. It is very important to keep in mind

that even if the wood has been cut since one, two or even more years, it is not necessarily

dry, if it has been stored in poor conditions; under extreme conditions, it may even rot

instead of drying. The vast majority of the problems related to the operation of a wood

stove are caused by the fact that the wood used was too damp or had dried in poor

conditions. These problems can be:

ignition problems

creosote build-up causing chimney fires

low energy yield

blackened windows

incomplete log combustion

Wood species

Oak

Sugar Maple

Beech

Yellow birch

Ash

Elm

Larch (Tamarack)

Red Maple

Douglas red fir

Silver birch

Alder

Poplar

Hemlock

Spruce

Pine

Bass

Fir

Energy yield

(millions of BTU/cord)