I don’t know if this has been done recently or not, but I was just curious about how many of us cover our main supply of firewood.
I’m assuming that most of us have a small supply right by our houses on the porch, on the deck, in the garage, in the shed, etc. I’m *NOT* talking about this wood. I’m talking about your main supply of firewood. This is the stuff we have out back which we’re seasoning for future winters.
Trying the “top only” method this year. Really starting to wonder if I should have covered it all last night after that monsoon we had in CT. Looking at it today, it really didnt look that wet considering it was coming down sideways!
All this years wood is under the deck and ready to burn. next years is uncovered out in the “back 40 “ and will be hauled up next fall and placed under the deck.
All seven and a half cords are sitting three feet out of the back door of my basement office. I have been about as entertained by tramping through the snow to drag in wood as I care to be.
It is covered. That didn’t make the twenty mile an hour winds or inch and a half of rain in an hour any difference yesterday. A lot got wet. The 12 X 24 wood shed built twenty years ago is now piled full of crap. It is too far away.
I keep everything covered as soon as the pile is complete. Don’t have any reason, it just makes me feel better or something.
I actually finally finished splitting everything I had in rounds this past weekend. I’ve got about 2.5 cords up for next year. Thanksgiving break should be a good time for me to get another 1.5 cords up. Still have a few people who have offered me wood that I haven’t had a chance to go pick up.
Most of the time my supply for this season is uncovered, unless there is moisture-bearing weather in the vicinity, when the top gets covered. Stacked, seasoning logs are not covered.
I keep everything covered as soon as the pile is complete. Don’t have any reason, it just makes me feel better or something.
I actually finally finished splitting everything I had in rounds this past weekend. I’ve got about 2.5 cords up for next year. Thanksgiving break should be a good time for me to get another 1.5 cords up. Still have a few people who have offered me wood that I haven’t had a chance to go pick up.
I could see you guys burning hard need to cover it… I leave my pine uncovered here in colorado it’s so dry that even when it does rain or snow it just means my wood will burn longer. (as opposed to burning in 30 minutes!)
One is 4x4x8 and is directly on the driveway, so that the delivery can access it easily.
Second bin lives next to the garage side door, and holds a ton. Total this year is 4 tons, 3 in the big boy and 1 ton in the small. That should last for the next two years, in combination with the wood I’ve been scrounging. I am going to be doing a tree removal for someone so I’m getting two HUGE pines. Woo!
One is 4x4x8 and is directly on the driveway, so that the delivery can access it easily.
Second bin lives next to the garage side door, and holds a ton. Total this year is 4 tons, 3 in the big boy and 1 ton in the small. That should last for the next two years, in combination with the wood I’ve been scrounging. I am going to be doing a tree removal for someone so I’m getting two HUGE pines. Woo!
Who Hoo? Yeah..wait till you try to split that stuff. You’ll find out that our didn’t make that stove big enough to burn whole rounds in a single load
I’ve never dealt with it before because of the fear it would gunk things up. After seeing the column of heat coming out of the stack with this stove though, I’m confident it won’t be an issue.
I’ve never dealt with it before because of the fear it would gunk things up. After seeing the column of heat coming out of the stack with this stove though, I’m confident it won’t be an issue.
The Englander burn tonight is all pine. Stove came from Virginia, burning in Virginia and the wood is Virginia pine. Stack is blowing nothing but heat waves. Two medium splits just finishing two hours of duty.
