3.3 cords of wood moved into the basement

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Bspring

Bspring

Feeling the Heat
Aug 3, 2007
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Greenville, SC
I spent most of the day Saturday moving wood into the basement. I held off until I was completely out of last seasons wood. We have had freezing weather for the last several days so I was hoping it would kill most of the bugs. Unfortunately, I did find some living ones but I sprinkled the floor with seven dust before stacking the wood.
The furnace is 12 feet from the wood so it can't get much better than this. I think this will last me the rest of the season and some of next season.
 

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Lookin' good Bspring! Enjoy the heat! Cheers!
 
It sounds like that would have been a lot of work! Personally I don't store wood, other than a day or two supply, in the house. The closest I've ever come to bringing a large amount inside was filling a 3'x4' trailer with wood and parking that in our attached garage when blizzards were forecast.

Shari
 
Too many little (and I mean LITTLE) bugs crawling on the wood after I bring into the house. The warmth tells 'em it's spring or something.
No matter how many get flung into the inferno, every year there are more. I don't trust 'em.
This year, a days worth gets put on the porch, and another days worth is brought into the house and put into the galvanized wash tub next to the stove.
The last few years I had splits all around the stove, under the stove, in the washtub, and anywhere I could in the house to rid as much moisture as possible from the splits.
I don't have a basement.
 
Nice job Bspring, I see you have your m/m on the shelf.


zap
 
Looks good! Wish I had that amount of space in the basement.
 
When I finally get it all inside I should wind up with close to 4 cords in the basement. Still has to come upstairs to go in the stove, but its nice to only have to refill the living room rack every few days from the wood in the basement.

Super dry air in the basement also helps suck any remaining moisture out of the wood...or so I've been telling myself the last few years.
 
zapny said:
Nice job Bspring, I see you have your m/m on the shelf.


zap
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Yes, I tested several splits.
As for the bugs, I have never had a problem. I don't care that much about them in the basement as long as they stay out of the house. I know I have a mouse down there so I have been keeping the cat down there as much as I can.
 
darn, I thought I did good storing one cord in my basement, good job!
 
Some of that stuff is too big to even fit in my stove! You splitting down there? :)
 
NH_Wood said:
Lookin' good Bspring! Enjoy the heat! Cheers!
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I'm in favour of basement storage. The few bugs can be dealt with. I've gone through 3 cord of my 12 cord already. My wood storage room is about 19' x 9' x 9'.
I couldn't realistically store it outside, and bring it in as I need it.

Nice job, Bspring.
 
My folks keep about 4.5-5 cords in their basement which is where the stove is. They have been doing that for at least 25 years. We would pull it off the outdoor cords and haul it down there in the fall. Would keep another 5-6 cords outside which would be ready for the next year (pretty much everything was seasoned at least 2 years, some ended up being 3 years.

If I had a basement under my house I would do the same. Would sure beat tracking through the snow to pull frozen wood off the pile!
 
I'm sure the bug thing varies from what part of the country you are from but in 30 years of bringing wood into the house I have no bug problem, after the wood sets in single rows in the wind and sun the bugs look for a new home.
 
joefrompa said:
Some of that stuff is too big to even fit in my stove! You splitting down there? :)
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I have a wood furnace. The opening is something like 12"x12" and it is 24" deep. I have been cutting larger and larger to get better all night burns. I think I get a hotter fire with smaller splits but it doesn't appear to last as long.
 
Bspring said:
joefrompa said:
Some of that stuff is too big to even fit in my stove! You splitting down there? :)
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I have a wood furnace. The opening is something like 12"x12" and it is 24" deep. I have been cutting larger and larger to get better all night burns. I think I get a hotter fire with smaller splits but it doesn't appear to last as long.
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Been there, done that. With just a draft control, the bigger unsplit pieces help the fire last longer, but can leave a lot of coals. Great for morning re-starts.
I trust your house is warm enough?

I had a similar boiler before, but it couldn't keep up with the house demand. Had to replace it after 15 years of frustration. My new gasification boiler sure can do the job! I can stand and watch the temperature gauge rise when it's in gasification mode! When you get around to replacing yours, go for a gasser.
 
I'm guessing that my winters are not as bad as yours, however we have been below freezing for several days now. For the money I am happy with my unit. I have it tied into my heat pump so if the fire dies out the heat pump kicks in. I try to stop that from taking place.
 
wow i wish i could have a stack like that in my basement. i got a 3'x5'x18" cart on wheels that i have to restock every 4-5 days. you must have a walk out basement. if not i would hate to be the one to help you bring the Skis downstairs for the winter. they Kawasaki's? i used to have a Yamaha super jet square nose. i wish i had the time to enjoy one again. it was a great summer workout.
 
SimpleManLance said:
wow i wish i could have a stack like that in my basement. i got a 3'x5'x18" cart on wheels that i have to restock every 4-5 days. you must have a walk out basement. if not i would hate to be the one to help you bring the Skis downstairs for the winter. they Kawasaki's? i used to have a Yamaha super jet square nose. i wish i had the time to enjoy one again. it was a great summer workout.
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This is the first basement I have had and I love it. I can back my truck right into the basement and unload the wood. The skis are Kawasaki 750s. It would truly suck having to carry them up the stairs so I am glad I don't have to do that.
 
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