Firewood Moisture Content

[FoxWoodAgri]

Hi Dan,

You are incorrect - I did read the threads - and I had seen that the Firewood regs had already been posted - my post was not intended to upset anyone - The Firewood Regs as per my link had removed a lot of legal jargon and displayed the rules in their simplest form (did you follow my link to see that before posting a slightly hostile response?)

 

If as you say - you season your wood outdoors for two years- your wood will be good to go - and we both know that - and good luck to you!

 

However if a Representative from Woodsure visit you -  they will probably disagree and request that you build a polytunnel solar kiln or something similar.

 

I wish you all the best

 

Ian

 

 

 

 

[renewablejohn]

On 30/01/2022 at 21:02, FoxWoodAgri said:

Hi Dan,

You are incorrect - I did read the threads - and I had seen that the Firewood regs had already been posted - my post was not intended to upset anyone - The Firewood Regs as per my link had removed a lot of legal jargon and displayed the rules in their simplest form (did you follow my link to see that before posting a slightly hostile response?)

 

If as you say - you season your wood outdoors for two years- your wood will be good to go - and we both know that - and good luck to you!

 

However if a Representative from Woodsure visit you -  they will probably disagree and request that you build a polytunnel solar kiln or something similar.

 

I wish you all the best

 

Ian

 

On 30/01/2022 at 21:02, FoxWoodAgri said:

Just for the avoidance of doubt you do not have to register with woodsure in order to sell logs.

 

 

 

 

[Stubby]

On 30/01/2022 at 21:02, FoxWoodAgri said:

Hi Dan,

You are incorrect - I did read the threads - and I had seen that the Firewood regs had already been posted - my post was not intended to upset anyone - The Firewood Regs as per my link had removed a lot of legal jargon and displayed the rules in their simplest form (did you follow my link to see that before posting a slightly hostile response?)

 

If as you say - you season your wood outdoors for two years- your wood will be good to go - and we both know that - and good luck to you!

 

However if a Representative from Woodsure visit you -  they will probably disagree and request that you build a polytunnel solar kiln or something similar.

 

I wish you all the best

 

Ian

 

 

 

 

I always thought 20% moisture was 20% moisture irregardless of how it is achieved .   

[Gav73]

I always thought 20% moisture was 20% moisture irregardless of how it is achieved .   

Maybe it’s like the US gallon to imperial gallon?

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[difflock]

I just put 13 tightly strapped cubic meters into my woodshed, and having idlly checked the fortnight box of firewood in the Sun blasted garden room, where it not infrequently hits 30 deg and showing 26% relative humidity today and got a nominal 10% moisture(which seems entirely reasonable in the circumstances pertaining) I then checked my uncovered  billet bundles, always checking a fresh cut face in the middle of the 1.0m length, drawn from the middle of the bundle, and always a thicker one 

And got 12.5%

Which in the staggering dreauth we have experience this 2 or 3 weeks seems entirely likely to be correct(the dead grass up the moss being positvely crisp).

So who needs a Polytunnel?

Marcus

Edited April 28, 2022 by difflock

[peds]

Right then team... 

 

I don't really spend time on the old Facebook, but I check in every now and then on a few groups.

 

This appeared, which made me stop and think. 

 

 

Now, I'm really not going to be altering the schedule I keep for felling firewood, I'm definitely not going to be keeping an eye on the phases of the moon.

I just thought I would share it here for discussion. 

 

Any thoughts, anyone? 

[openspaceman]

Polytunnel mid summer easily dries cut and split firewood in a month mid summer in SE England

[peds]

Should have been more specific, obviously polytunnels work well for drying wood. I'm asking for any opinions on felling trees during the correct phase of the moon, which I'm not exactly convinced makes enough of a difference to escape ridicule. But I'm always happy to be educated on matters of which I have no knowledge.

[Yournamehere]

The moon passes over head every day, it's just that throughout the month you can see more and less of its illuminated surface: any lunar effect on plants would show itself as a 24 hour cycle not a monthly cycle.

Any lunar gravitational effect is swamped by the earth's own gravity and plants aren't bothered by that anyway; water flows within them against gravity due to normal biological processes it doesn't rise and fall.

 

[peds]

But how about when Uranus is in decline during a full moon?