I burn whatever i can get my hands on fence posts pallets pine furniture laminate flooring offcuts etc.
Can you burn laminate flooring in a wood burner.
What should i do.
Up to 85 per cent of the mass of laminate flooring can be put back into the manufacturing process in the form of wood chips or fibers.
Apart from paper and firelighters that s all i ve ever used.
The laminates are made of mdf.
Even though laminate flooring consists of 80 wood they cannot be safely burnt or incinerated like other wood products.
Whereas you can repair a burnt wood floor by sanding out the burn mark you can t sand laminates at all without making the disfigurement far worse than it already is.
It is my understanding that lead was still used in some varnish up to the mid 1970 s.
Thanks to new technological processes laminate flooring is even recyclable.
You and i do not know if for example that coating contains lead or not.
Complete floors which you wish to dispose of on the other hand should be taken directly to a local landfill site.
I have a small barbas unilux 5 5kw wood burning stove which is very clear that only hardwood should be burnt in it.
I now have a burner ring burn mark on the floor.
You might also consider local regulations.
This morning i dropped a very hot burner from the stove off onto my laminated wood floor.
Can you replace just the one board or do i need to replace the whole floor.
I think i would be cautious with burning wood flooring.
Is it enviornmentally safe to burn laminate flooring scraps should they be recycled or put in landfills.
Medium density fiberboard this is a health hazzard for your lungs when you cut it with a power saw.
Or can that board be repaired.