Seasoning firewood

[Mark Bolam]

Good post Hodge.

 

A lot depends on where the wood will be stored.

 

Not many people think - 'I'll start to sell logs next year, and will start stocking up now'. God I used to sell some shite!

 

Apart from a few select woods anything less than a year old is asking for trouble IMO. Winter-felled stuff can be a little more forgiving because of the reduced sap content.

 

Rob, can you recommend a cheapo MC meter? I mean cheapo, it's only for me, not my customers? Ta.

[Hodge]

I was speaking to a guy the other day about firewood and he was saying he bought a builders dumpy bag of kiln dried logs, he didn't think they were worth 90 quid a bag!! I couldn't believe he paid that for it AND KEPT IT OUTSIDE UNCOVERED!! You wouldn't believe it..

[firewood]

Rob, I agree with you that his wood will more likely be ready next season.

But I wish to point out that the lower temperatures "weather has cooled" have in fact produced lower humidity, since it takes thermal energy to maintain the water vapour in the atmosphere.

As noted the lack of thermal energy to evaporate water from his wood may also lead to its moisture content not reducing sufficiently fast.

 

All true but sort of assumes that air surrounding the log pile is still. If the pile is in the wind it will continue drying even in winter assuming the pile has roof to keep rain off.

 

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[John Barleycorn]

I was simply correcting Robs error.

Nowhere do I say that it wont dry, but there is little doubt that given similar conditions wood is likely to dry quicker when it is warmer.

[Dave Martin]

All true but sort of assumes that air surrounding the log pile is still. If the pile is in the wind it will continue drying even in winter assuming the pile has roof to keep rain off.

 

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:congrats:I have been meaning to make the same point. I store my logs in IBC cages stacked three high in a dutch barn and the wind whistles through them and drys them out a treat all year round.

[matthew65]

Here here, I dry mine in the barn all year round and the wind helps dry them out !