burning punky wood

[WhiteMike]

cut some nice standing dead doug fir, some of the bigger rounds are punky about a 1 inch ring around the outside, besides that its perfect firewood. its been split and laying in the sun for over a month now. any problems from burning punky wood?

 

[Erik B]

As long as it is dry, it will burn. Worst part of burning punky wood inside is the mess it can make.

 

[rancher2]

I usually try to split the punk'y part off to try and leave the mess in the timber and not in the shed or house.

 

[homemade]

It will burn. And problems??? Not really. It lost a lot of the potential BTU’s. It’s ok for kindling when really dry, like “turns to dust” dry when you try snap it in half.

One inch in the center... I wouldn’t fuss. 50% or more punky I’d leave I in the woods.

 

[svk]

Burning punky wood is fine it just burns really fast. Especially if it’s just the outside ring. It is like built in fire starter once dry.

 

[bear1998]

I have some some dead standing red oak n find some is punky in spots. Like a few already stated....it is messy when it dries ...but it does ignite well.
Anymore.....I try to take as much off at the splitter...time consuming...but worth it to us to try n keep the mess down when burning it.

 

[svk]

The nice thing about oak is that it rots from the outside in versus maple which gets punky all the way through at once.