Hello. I live in Everett WA and am getting ready to get my stove installed. Was wondering if you have any advice on procuring seasoned or at least semi seasoned firewood in the pacific NW that I can get ready to burn in the winter. What type of wood should I get that will dry out quick. Any advice on dealing with people selling wood on craigslist.
Getting some wood ready that I can burn this coming season.
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Poindexter
Minister of Fire
You probably have time to season your local pines, Doug Fir and etc. Are you going to be installing a smoke dragon, a non-cat EPA or a catalytic stove?
As far as CL, you can pay for seasoned wood if you want to, but it almost never gets delivered as seasoned wood. Buying green/ unseasoned wood is usually the safer bet.
As far as CL, you can pay for seasoned wood if you want to, but it almost never gets delivered as seasoned wood. Buying green/ unseasoned wood is usually the safer bet.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
iron
Minister of Fire
scrounge around on craigslist. you'll find about 10 posts today in the everett mukilteo area. probably more if you expand your search north. go pick it up. split it. stack it. cover it. cedar and alder should hopefully be ready by the fall if you have a good spot with sun and wind.
NordicSplitter
Minister of Fire
I know this maybe tedious...Pallets, pallets and more pallets.....30 average pallets equals one average face cord. My first year I went to a local K-Mart, talk to the receiving manager and got permission to take as many pallets as I wanted from the back of the store....In 3 days I had over 200 pallets in my back yard...Worked great after a day of ripping them with a circular saw...
I read that cedar is not really good firewood. I plan on getting a blaze king in the next couple months. Maybe the cedar will dry quicker and be good for the coming winter though.
blacktail
Minister of Fire
Cedar will dry fast, but it burns very fast and sparks a lot. If split now and given good drying conditions, the common trees we have around here (fir, alder, bigleaf maple, birch) may be ready by next burn season. Get whatever you can and hope that at least some of it is ready when you need it.
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