Why is it so wet ?

[gensetsteve]

Best way I have found to season is covered top and open sides with mesh like they put round barns to break the wind. The rain hits it and runs down but still allows wind through. I put some bags of logs in a container last year and they came out same moisture as they went in.

[tothby1]

best way i have found potato boxes three or four high with second hand curtains off a curtain side lorry tied along top worked a treat last year

[swinny]

best way i have found potato boxes three or four high with second hand curtains off a curtain side lorry tied along top worked a treat last year

 

not bothered about rain to the sides etc? also did you put pallets on top so sheet not resting on lgs?

 

Cheers

[tothby1]

nope use vented crates so air gap about 4 inches down rain tends to run off sides maybe post some pics tomorrow

[ThrustSSC]

Surely the humidity in the garage should be the same as outside though, admittedly the garage can get a tad damp but the store outside isnt the best and is tucked away between the house and garage with two solid walls.

 

Sadly not, as the air in the garage isn't getting changed as fast as the air outside. As damp that creeps in through the walls/floor/roof/windows/door etc. evaporates the RH goes up. As the logs dry the RH goes up. Outside that air is changed for fresh. Inside, it just slows the seasoning right down.

 

Hence it's usually ok to put well-seasoned wood in the garage (as many do) as long as it's not there too long. But it's an awful place to season wood!

[skyhuck]

even when split, its still a pain to keep any firewood dry, if you only have out door premisis! even when split! Royal pita!!

 

Not all fire woods, beech, ash, sycamore etc are easy to dry and stay dry once dried, hence there reputation as good fire woods.

[kev7937]

Sadly not, as the air in the garage isn't getting changed as fast as the air outside. As damp that creeps in through the walls/floor/roof/windows/door etc. evaporates the RH goes up. As the logs dry the RH goes up. Outside that air is changed for fresh. Inside, it just slows the seasoning right down.

 

Hence it's usually ok to put well-seasoned wood in the garage (as many do) as long as it's not there too long. But it's an awful place to season wood!

 

Makes sense, though I'm surprised it can go up by as much as 10%, guess I'll have to build a bigger store down the bottom of the garden.

 

Ta

 

 

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[Woodworks]

Not all species of wood will read the same for a given moisture content. I have a fairly old but expensive moisture meter that came with a set of tables to correct from the given reading. The variation can be as much as 5% different from the given reading ie it reads as 20% and is actualy 25% or vice versa. Sadley I have lost this set of tables so can't help with specific speicies other than oak and ash do not need any correction.

[Alycidon]

Due to this wet weather problem that is not going away this winter problem I have been experimenting with my showroom stove burning wood up to about 35%. Essentially keep the secondary air ( the air wash) fully open and leave it alone, control the fire using the primary air supply under the grate. It takes a while to get a good hot bed but once you do as long as you dont let the fire burn down to far between fills then you are away. My stove ( a Morso) then runs at its usual temperature.

 

You wont get the same heat that you would from 16% stuff agreed but it can be persuaded to burn reasonably acceptably.

 

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[Nat]

We had good results using IBC cages to dry wood, they're roughly a cube, well ventilated, stack well as long as you don't bend them too much with the tractor and when empty I can carry them about.

 

Just used to chuck a rigid plastic sheet over the top.

a bit of rain onto the sides doesn't seem to hinder drying at all.