Alder logs

[Saw-sick Steve]

oy, stop picking on us northerners, it's not our fault that we're ard as nails!!!!!!!!!!

 

And just as easy to hammer!:lol:

[Saw-sick Steve]

I think they go to Ibiza or Corfu now

 

Nah, don't you know theres a recession ?

 

 

Its Newquay now!

[David oakman]

Hi big bolt you are not far from me. It is like silver birch then that goes soft quick:001_smile:

[Big Bolt]

no david not 2 far away i do stuff around your way for SWT some times.

alder split should last a bit longer , all my birch has started to turn where the heat has made it sweat inside and its only been down 5 months

[Catweazle]

I read that to stop birch from rotting you cut a stripe down the side with the chainsaw, lets the moisture out past the bark apparently.

[Big Bolt]

that is true catweasel but with 200 tons in 3 metre lengths i dont bother just place it in front of the fire wood line for this year

[Buzz]

Going back to what Dave said about Poplar.. burnt nothing but poplar last winter it was all about a year old. It makes fantastic kindling as well.

 

I had never considered Alder until i saw this thread but i guess i've always tried to burnt it wet on bonfires etc.

[smiles]

that is true catweasel but with 200 tons in 3 metre lengths i dont bother just place it in front of the fire wood line for this year

 

I've not had this softening happen to birch,does it fair any better if it's split into long lengths (4ft) before being stacked and logged when seasoned ? mine is usually used within a year of being cut

[Saw-sick Steve]

I've not had this softening happen to birch,does it fair any better if it's split into long lengths (4ft) before being stacked and logged when seasoned ? mine is usually used within a year of being cut

 

Birch is one of those woods with a relatively short 'window' of suitability for burning, by which i mean its either green or rotting, with little in between. Once it starts to spalt, its not long 'til the wood starts breaking down totally.

I find if stacked with, say Oak for e.g , that by the time the Oak has seasoned, the Birch will be 'pulpy'. Stacked on its own, or with similar seasoning wood like Alder or Sycamore, it should be fine after 12 months. Just ensure its stacked off the ground on pallets.

[smiles]

yeah - always keep it up in the air !

 

at the moment i keep it in cord lengths until i need it,but was toying with the idea of splitting it all green and seasoning as logsprobably season too quick then - cheers for that