Tip for drying out your daily supply of logs for your wood burner

[Gav73]

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

I keep my logs off of the ground in vented 1.25m3 bags covered with tarp (till I build a suitable log store.)

They are bone dry and not remotely damp.

 

Guess you’ve been lucky then. The snow during the recent cold spell blew into my log store - even though it has a 3’ overhanging roof at the front. Once it melts, it leaves everything damp! 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Gav73 said:

Guess you’ve been lucky then. The snow during the recent cold spell blew into my log store - even though it has a 3’ overhanging roof at the front. Once it melts, it leaves everything damp! 

Sounds like you need some tarp. 🤣

 

No snow for us yet but raining like a S.O.B.
 

When I build my log store it will have slatted doors for sure. Maybe even 4 sets. Load from one side and collect the dry from the other. Seen a pic in the Norwegian Wood book and really liked the design. 

[Gav73]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

Sounds like you need some tarp. 🤣

 

No snow for us yet but raining like a S.O.B.
 

When I build my log store it will have slatted doors for sure. Maybe even 4 sets. Load from one side and collect the dry from the other. Seen a pic in the Norwegian Wood book and really liked the design. 

I use tarps to loosely cover the firewood I’ve split from rounds while it’s seasoning, tend to find there’s quite a bit of condensation under the tarps and when the temperatures drop below zero it freezes! 
 

How does that work? Loading from one side and collecting from the other? How does the firewood move forward to allow for more to be added?

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Gav73 said:

I use tarps to loosely cover the firewood I’ve split from rounds while it’s seasoning, tend to find there’s quite a bit of condensation under the tarps and when the temperatures drop below zero it freezes! 
 

How does that work? Loading from one side and collecting from the other? How does the firewood move forward to allow for more to be added?

I only have tarp over the tops of the bags of logs. So the air easily passes around all the logs in the vented bags. The bags on the outside are obviously a bit damp some days but soon dry in the wind.

 

I’ll dig you out the picture. I think the idea is you load up for the coming season and exhaust the whole stores worth over the Winter, start of Spring you split more logs and load up the store once again. I think the guys 90 or something. They burn a lot of Birch and some softwood in Norway and between late winter/spring and the start of the next burning season the logs are all under 25% mc. Which was the ideal mc in almost all stove manuals till the zealots took over. 😁

 

Obviously we burn more hardwoods over here that need an additional years seasoning. Oak and Beech etc. In that case I’d keep them in the vented bags for a year before transferring them to the store.

[Gav73]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

I only have tarp over the tops of the bags of logs. So the air easily passes around all the logs in the vented bags. The bags on the outside are obviously a bit damp some days but soon dry in the wind.

 

I’ll dig you out the picture. I think the idea is you load up for the coming season and exhaust the whole stores worth over the Winter, start of Spring you split more logs and load up the store once again. I think the guys 90 or something. They burn a lot of Birch and some softwood in Norway and between late winter/spring and the start of the next burning season the logs are all under 25% mc. Which was the ideal mc in almost all stove manuals till the zealots took over. 😁

 

Obviously we burn more hardwoods over here that need an additional years seasoning. Oak and Beech etc. In that case I’d keep them in the vented bags for a year before transferring them to the store.

Yes my tarps are only on the top too, the firewood sits on pallets with pallets at the sides and back to hold the stack from toppling. Masses of air flow going through.  
 

I’m always keen to find ways of being more efficient with the firewood!

[Bob_z_l]

29 minutes ago, Gav73 said:

Guess you’ve been lucky then. The snow during the recent cold spell blew into my log store - even though it has a 3’ overhanging roof at the front. Once it melts, it leaves everything damp! 

Sorry to butt in. I've had trouble with weather blowing in and found scaffold debris netting stopped a lot but still let air flow...not as much I grant you, but some.

 

 

[Gav73]

24 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

Sorry to butt in. I've had trouble with weather blowing in and found scaffold debris netting stopped a lot but still let air flow...not as much I grant you, but some.

 

 

I’ve actually got some up at the front of the log store, it definitely helped with the weather, but I found it impeded the wind blowing through a little bit too much for my liking, so I have it rolled up and only down when the weather is really bad

[Bob_z_l]

43 minutes ago, Gav73 said:

I’ve actually got some up at the front of the log store, it definitely helped with the weather, but I found it impeded the wind blowing through a little bit too much for my liking, so I have it rolled up and only down when the weather is really bad

With you....

[Tippin Alaybye]

On 29/01/2021 at 21:43, trigger_andy said:

I only have tarp over the tops of the bags of logs. So the air easily passes around all the logs in the vented bags. The bags on the outside are obviously a bit damp some days but soon dry in the wind.

 

I’ll dig you out the picture. I think the idea is you load up for the coming season and exhaust the whole stores worth over the Winter, start of Spring you split more logs and load up the store once again. I think the guys 90 or something. They burn a lot of Birch and some softwood in Norway and between late winter/spring and the start of the next burning season the logs are all under 25% mc. Which was the ideal mc in almost all stove manuals till the zealots took over. 😁

 

Obviously we burn more hardwoods over here that need an additional years seasoning. Oak and Beech etc. In that case I’d keep them in the vented bags for a year before transferring them to the store.

what do u want tarp for when you have a logosol miller? build a bloody drying shed😘

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Tippin Alaybye said:

what do u want tarp for when you have a logosol miller? build a bloody drying shed😘

I see Tarp in that very picture!  

 

Yes, yes, I need to build a drying shed. Its on the list. But happy wife-happy life and a cosy living room reaps the benefits in the bedroom .