A little moisture experiment

[schlot]

Made a simple little moisture test. Took moisture reading on several splits in November and marked them on the ends. Set some outside and some inside. The ones inside were kept near the stove, which has been going almost non-stop since that time. After 3 months I split them and took several moisture readings and averaged them. The outside splits lost an average of 7.8% while the inside ones lost an average of 18.7% of moisture.

Lesson learned - I think I will move all my wood stacks into the house next to the stove....looks like the furniture will be outside this year.

 

[Blue Vomit]

Lesson learned - I think I will move all my wood stacks into the house next to the stove....looks like the furniture will be outside this year.

Hey Schlot,
So I take it you are not married?

 

[schlot]

Yes I am, but are you saying my marital bliss might be endangered if I did that? LOL.

 

[NextEndeavor]

If you want the "wood stacks next to the stove" proly safer to put the stove outside ..... or just don't burn any wood unless it's been drying for at least a year (If I didn't say it, Dennis would have)

 

[Blue Vomit]

Yes I am, but are you saying my marital bliss might be endangered if I did that? LOL.

If your goal is to get her to move out, I think it's a great plan! Then again, what do I know. I've been trying to figure women out for many years with little to no success. :-S

 

[HotCoals]

Prolly the dogs been peeing on the wood out there!

 

[ScotO]

Just be careful that wood does not have bugs in it.......that would be miserable to explain that to the 'boss'.....lol..

 

[Pat53]

Just be careful that wood does not have bugs in it.......that would be miserable to explain that to the 'boss'.....lol..

And unfortunately wood will have bugs in it, and some of them are not real nice to have crawling around the house. Someone here recently found a bunch of brown recluse spiders in wood they brought indoors and warmed up. Spiders especially find wood stacks a favorite place to overwinter in.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I can picture it all now. To relax, go out to the barn to watch TV. To sleep, climb up in the haymow. The wood is all stacked in the house...