Logs to dry???? 😮

[Alycidon]

They could just hose them down...

 

Heard of one old lady that used to float her logs in her pond for s few weeks as they burnt to quick otherwise, then she complained that her new stove was not producing much heat !!.

 

Been a dry summer by and large, even cord that I had arrive in May would I suspect be ready to go at a push by February, My two summer old Ash and Sycamore cord, processed in March is currently going out at 7% - 11%.

 

Stove manufacturers recommend a MC of 14% - 16%, dryer logs does ideally want mixing with some at say 25% to balance things up a bit.

 

A

[Logit]

Heard of one old lady that used to float her logs in her pond for s few weeks as they burnt to quick otherwise, then she complained that her new stove was not producing much heat !!.

 

Been a dry summer by and large, even cord that I had arrive in May would I suspect be ready to go at a push by February, My two summer old Ash and Sycamore cord, processed in March is currently going out at 7% - 11%.

 

Stove manufacturers recommend a MC of 14% - 16%, dryer logs does ideally want mixing with some at say 25% to balance things up a bit.

 

A

 

I find the 14% - 16% interesting, I would gave thought that a top quality stove would be almost air tight and hence the burn rate could be fully controlled by the airflow control and in that case, wouldn't 0% moisture content be the best to maximise the heat output (i.e. produce all heat and no steam) ? If the stove is a bit leaky and hence the airflow cannot be throttled back to a trickle, then fair enough. Perhaps I am missing something here. Maybe the stove manufacturers are trying to limit the maximum temperature but I guess most stoves would get red hot at full airflow with 14% MC wood.