Season logs outside or inside ?

[18 stoner]

Since you mention force drying in a polytunnel, we do have a quite large glass house... could store them in there for a few months. Would that be better than outside ?

 

Lesley

 

Lesley, greenhouses are great.

 

I had all my stock in an open fronted one this year, same as i have done for a while now. Then we had between 2 and 3 feet of snow.

 

Now, my entire stock of seasoned firewood has glass in it.

 

If you go down this route, remember my words, open ended poly tunnels are better:sneaky2:

[renewablejohn]

Our polytunnels are set up for solar drying. Concrete bog mats to allow forklift access and the use of IBC containers so you can stack 1 2 1 along the length of the polytunnel giving 80 cu mtrs of storage for a 20 mtr tunnel. Make sure you get a fork lift with 6ft of free lift. Polytunnels are open at each end with 1 mtr height difference along the length of the tunnel to obtain natural heat flow and ventilation. Covered with clear plastic to get maximum solar gain rather than obscure plastic.

[WFWales]

If you split your logs when they are green they will season much more effectively.

[Joy Yeomans]

as mentioned in the thread - key thing to remember about wood is air flow - if stacked with no air in an enclosed building logs will get mouldy and dank, good air flow of either stacked cord wood or good air flow around cut logs - alot of people think you can store it like coal in an enclosed coalhole and then wonder why the wood is damp and dank

even if rain does get to the face of the cut log if air seasoned it wont permiate into the wood but forced kiln dried wood is another matter it will absorb more moisture from the air than the air seasoned wood, like john says solar poly tunnels are just like air drying but speeded up somewhat to a few months rather than kiln dried where moisture is forced out unnaturally leaving timber like a sponge to soak up atmospheric moisture

[Eucalyptusgirl]

Thanks for all your advice. I'll keep them outside, off the ground in crates with something over the top. Although our shed is quite big (like a barn) the sides are enclosed so probably not enough air movement.

 

Lesley