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To: Ilaine who wrote (40166)	10/21/1999 5:59:00 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<Some of the wood was rotten all the way through, some only partly rotted. If I let it dry out, can I burn it?>> You can if the law allows it.

To: Ilaine who wrote (40166)	10/21/1999 8:04:00 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

<If I let it dry out, can I burn it?> I'm assuming that you mean to cut it up and use it as firewood(?). A lot of the trees that we use for firewood are ones that have been storm-damaged, or are cut down when thinning out the bush lot or making trails, etc... Most of them aren't particularly rotten, but I suppose there would be nothing wrong with burning rotted wood so long as it's good and dry. Most cordwood has the odd log with a bad center in it anyhow. The one thing that I'd be worried is carpenter ants in rotted wood (it often has those or other wood parasites). I'd probably cut up and use wood that was dry and solid, but if I saw ant tunnels in it.. I'd find some way to get rid of it PDQ... especially once you start moving it around. You don't want those suckers getting into your house... That's one thing that I'm careful about with the firewood here because we usually store 2 or 3 cords in our basement to burn in the woodstove in winter... carpenter ants in the basement would be a bad scene...