Campfires can you do without?
Wild Fire season looks to be a long one this year. So can you camp without a campfire? I can and do most of the time. Alas the wife loves a fire so to please her we oxidize a little wood on occ...
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Lowsuv wrote:
I ask permission from contractors to gather up their OSB (Oriented Strand Board ) trims from construction sites .
With my 12 inch mitre saw I cut these OSB trims perfectly to nest in a cardboard box .I carry a couple of boxes of OSB trims in my pickup bed and augment ....
I'd 'seriously' rethink using OSB as firewood around your family, or anywhere for that matter.
Phenol-Formaldehyde, resins, etc. All deemed carcinogenic and released when burned.
Think pallets.
Your local grocery store/box store will GIVE them to you for free. Perfect little 2x2 or 2x4 boards of kiln dried seasoned OAK. All you have to do is pull them off the frame and cut to length.
I heated a 4,000 sq ft home one winter using just those oak pallet boards.:B
