Just a question to see what others would do here. I ordered a cord of kiln dried wood because I'm in my first winter burning and low on dry wood. The day it got delivered I went right out with my moisture meter like a kid on Christmas, split a big chunk and tested the fresh face, only to get a reading of 37%. I though maybe it was a fluke so I checked a few more pieces and found more readings in the mid thirties and a few that were in the teens and twenties.
I called the seller and asked him if this sounded right to him and he stated it sounded fine to him and that the reason his wood burns well is that it's bone dry on the outside but still wet on the inside which makes it burn longer. This made my b.s. flag start to raise but being new to all of this I didn't say much in response. He said he wanted me to try burning some and see what I thought after so I did, and I found it burned just like the other stack of 20-30% wood does. It does take off pretty well at first but then I still have whole logs that never even make it to coals.
I am having a sweep come by Monday to inspect my stove and make sure it's not just my set up causing this, if my set up checks out fine, would it be wrong to ask for a refund and have the wood taken back?
I paid quite a premium for this load this time of year and I would rather spend that money on bio bricks if this is the quality of local "kiln dried" wood.
I called the seller and asked him if this sounded right to him and he stated it sounded fine to him and that the reason his wood burns well is that it's bone dry on the outside but still wet on the inside which makes it burn longer. This made my b.s. flag start to raise but being new to all of this I didn't say much in response. He said he wanted me to try burning some and see what I thought after so I did, and I found it burned just like the other stack of 20-30% wood does. It does take off pretty well at first but then I still have whole logs that never even make it to coals.
I am having a sweep come by Monday to inspect my stove and make sure it's not just my set up causing this, if my set up checks out fine, would it be wrong to ask for a refund and have the wood taken back?
I paid quite a premium for this load this time of year and I would rather spend that money on bio bricks if this is the quality of local "kiln dried" wood.
. The 3rd or 4th load from the most reliable supplier, up to that point, was kiln dried Oak which the supplier told me would be "amazing" ... it turned out to be so wet I could barely get it to burn and was utterly useless (I stacked it until the following year). That supplier has lost my business for ever, and from folk around here who have asked me for recommendations ...
