Furniture as firewood?

[Benny Profane]

I'm moving to a place with a wood burning stove, and have a piece of furniture I thought I was going to give away, but it would be nice as firewood (lots of small pieces). Is wood coated with polyurethane or varnish safe to burn?

[Skidog]

Just be sure to open the flue...

You wont smell shit...BURN IT!!!!

[moose pit]

I guess in the stove is better than in the yard.

Furniture burnings are fun.

[Tippster]

When we ran out of firewood in my fraternity we would burn all our old couches. What possible harm could there be?

[yooper]

One time I wanted to get rid of an old recliner, so I doused it with gas and shot a flaming arrow into it.

that was pretty fun.

[Benny Profane]

I guess in the stove is better than in the yard.

Furniture burnings are fun.

yeah, you know, ecologically responsible and all that. You know, the tree was already cut down....


Boy, that flaming arrow thing sounds like fun.

[DJSapp]

Boy, that flaming arrow thing sounds like fun.

Make sure to get your green tights first Robin

[Stone-Free]

One time I wanted to get rid of an old recliner, so I doused it with gas and shot a flaming arrow into it.

that was pretty fun.

Ted Nugent steeze?

Always wanted to do that...

[sftc]

Are you gonna burn it in a stove, a fireplace or in your yard?

Avoid the smoke, if possible, and burn it hot. A good stove is probably the best for your lungs. Since the wood is nice and dry you could hack it up and use a little bit of it at a time for kindling. Good, dry kindling is nice to have in the middle of the winter.

Or you could probably give the stuff away to a charity and they would come and pick it up.

But I thought in N. Jersey you just tossed old furniture over the guardrail to get rid of it.

[Benny Profane]

Are you gonna burn it in a stove, a fireplace or in your yard?

Avoid the smoke, if possible, and burn it hot. A good stove is probably the best for your lungs. Since the wood is nice and dry you could hack it up and use a little bit of it at a time for kindling. Good, dry kindling is nice to have in the middle of the winter.

Or you could probably give the stuff away to a charity and they would come and pick it up.

But I thought in N. Jersey you just tossed old furniture over the guardrail to get rid of it.

A woodburning stove, so I guess the smoke won't be much of a problem. And, yeah, it almost made it's way to the side of RT.3......

[SuperChief]

I wouldn't it might burn hotter and start a chimney fire.

I quit burning anything with paint or plywood for ecological reasons, it may be only a few parts per billion but I feel better when I consider all the little impacts I make. Acid rain is a real thing out here in East.

[Skidog]

I wouldn't it might burn hotter and start a chimney fire.

I quit burning anything with paint or plywood for ecological reasons, it may be only a few parts per billion but I feel better when I consider all the little impacts I make. Acid rain is a real thing out here in East.

Ha I been waiting for the tree huggers to chine in...

BURN THAT SHIT YO!

[Turd Ferguson]

This treehugger wouldn't burn it if it was painted/varnished/mdf/ply/etc

What sort of wood are we talking about? A soft, high-resin wood like pine would be a second strike for me cause you don't need the creosote build up.

[Nathan Explosion]

Don't listen to these wusses. Douse the fucker in gasoline, hit it with an axe, and throw it in the stove. It'll be awesome.

[davep]

...burn it hot. ... hack it up and use a little bit of it at a time for kindling.

I don't think burning it hot and burning it as kindling work together

But whatever, just burn it and let us know how you feel afterwards.