What is seasoned?

[Dave Martin]

What is the MAXIMUM moisture content you feel comfortable to describe as seasoned ( and all the people that have just started to type `well I only sell my barn 5 year stored seasoned ash at 12%` SAVE IT)

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Felled in the winterseason when the sap has stopped. Dried all the summertime season. Sold in the winterseason. Provided sunshine and fresh winds around the stack then has worked OK.

[18 stoner]

20% for me Dave, but I think there's plenty who will say much higher:001_rolleyes:

[Fahrenheit]

Officially stove manufacturers tell people 25% or less but to be honest it only burns really nice when 15% or less. All our wood is 10-18%. I installed a stove for a guy the other week. He had a log store full of wood and he was well chuffed that it was £60. I jabbed my moisture meter in it and some of it read over 60%!

[andyinsheffield]

19% max, if a batch is over that it get laid down for another few months. I average 16%. But i'm a specialist supplier and only turn over 10 or so tonnes a year as a sideline.

[18 stoner]

Felled in the winterseason when the sap has stopped. Dried all the summertime season. Sold in the winterseason. Provided sunshine and fresh winds around the stack then has worked OK.

 

Funnily enough, I have some as described. Its a mix of elm, cherry and beech and yesterday "split again" test was 24-26%. Still not seasoned IMO.

 

All mine is going out @ 15-16% now.

[Fahrenheit]

Funnily enough, I have some as described. Its a mix of elm, cherry and beech and yesterday "split again" test was 24-26%. Still not seasoned IMO.

 

All mine is going out @ 15-16% now.

 

Technically if it's been drying for a full year then it can be called seasoned but I wouldn't say it's ready to burn at 26%.

[slasherscot]

it could have been at 12% after 2 years.........seasoned not really means anything.....if u can get ur wood dry in 6 months around 20% it fits for burning...the wood fibres readily ignite......softwood high n tar may take another year........in my humble opinion

[Mortimer Firewood]

15 to 20% is what i call seasoned when people talk of 10% and under i cant understand how they do it with hardwood even when i take it out of the polly tunnel its never under 13% and then during the winter it can go back up to 15%

am i doing somthing wrong as i would love to get it all down to sub 12%

[skyhuck]

Sub 25% is fine.