My dad has an old cast iron wood burning stove has been putting anything that burns mdf chipboard logs etc in it for 20 yrs without issue.
Can you burn laminate flooring in a wood stove.
Make sure the contact surface for each leg measures at least 4 square inches 2x2 inches or 25 cm 5x5 cm.
It ll help keep spills from getting into the joints and under the boards which can eventually cause buckling as well as deteriorate them faster.
Even though laminate flooring consists of 80 wood they cannot be safely burnt or incinerated like other wood products.
Just worried it might give off fumes.
Does anyone know if i can burn old laminate flooring in a woodburner or bonfire.
The wood heat organization recommends setting the floor pad so that it s flush with the surrounding flooring you don t want to remove a fire hazard but create a tripping hazard.
Ah for the old days when they made things properly.
3 november 2009 at 8 01pm.
However you should consider a number of things.
The stove s legs should be large enough in order to reduce the point load on your laminate floor.
Stove clearance advice the minimum safe distance between a wood stove and surrounding walls and floors.
The top layer contains an aluminum oxide coating that would burn into the air which can be harmful if breathed in.
Yes you can lay engineered wood or laminate flooring over tile if the tile is in decent shape.
The high heat in a wood stove turns these chemicals into acids that eat their way through stovepipes metal baffles and other internal components of the stove according to the chimney sweep online.
Advertisement if your walls are combustible you can install a shield on a wall to reduce the stove s clearance area.
Also you will gain floor height which can.
Don t place a wood stove in the basement because it will lose heat and immediately ruin the laminate floor.
First things first stoves can be heavy.
Indoordoctor can test your air to quantify harmful chemicals in the air associated from improper burning of wood.