I've spent enough time here to see literally thousands of posts about problems associated with burning wood that is too wet.
I've also been bothered lately knowing that much of the recently cut wood I'm seeing hauled by in the backs of pickup trucks is destined to be burned this season, in effect wasting valuable energy resources and wood burners time, polluting unnecessarily, wasting fuel, etc.
I recently had a colleague at work approach me to ask why his stove glass was coated black. I recommended he try drier wood and he reported back that his glass cleared up. This was after I know he spent considerable time at Hearth.com.
What all this leads me to believe is that there is a great need for much better education about the benefits of burning adequately dried firewood. Obviously, that info is here and elsewhere for those that seek it out but I've known some intelligent folks that have spent time reading here and still didn't come away with a proper understanding about the benefits of well seasoned wood, how to determine water content, or the impacts/symptoms of burning wood that is too wet.
Anyway, I was thinking of perhaps starting a grassroots advertising campaign and thought bumper stickers might be a good place to begin. If nothing else I might be able to come across a good slogan that could be used on a website or elsewhere.
That's where I thought I'd turn to Hearth for assistance. I'm asking for the collective help of Hearth to come up with a great bumper sticker slogan that will succinctly drive home the benefits of burning well seasoned wood -- or at least inspire enough interest that burners will educate themselves.
I'll start things out but freely admit that this isn't a strong suit for me.
If I'm re-hashing a previous post please let me know. I searched but did not find anything relevant.
I've also been bothered lately knowing that much of the recently cut wood I'm seeing hauled by in the backs of pickup trucks is destined to be burned this season, in effect wasting valuable energy resources and wood burners time, polluting unnecessarily, wasting fuel, etc.
I recently had a colleague at work approach me to ask why his stove glass was coated black. I recommended he try drier wood and he reported back that his glass cleared up. This was after I know he spent considerable time at Hearth.com.
What all this leads me to believe is that there is a great need for much better education about the benefits of burning adequately dried firewood. Obviously, that info is here and elsewhere for those that seek it out but I've known some intelligent folks that have spent time reading here and still didn't come away with a proper understanding about the benefits of well seasoned wood, how to determine water content, or the impacts/symptoms of burning wood that is too wet.
Anyway, I was thinking of perhaps starting a grassroots advertising campaign and thought bumper stickers might be a good place to begin. If nothing else I might be able to come across a good slogan that could be used on a website or elsewhere.
That's where I thought I'd turn to Hearth for assistance. I'm asking for the collective help of Hearth to come up with a great bumper sticker slogan that will succinctly drive home the benefits of burning well seasoned wood -- or at least inspire enough interest that burners will educate themselves.
I'll start things out but freely admit that this isn't a strong suit for me.
- Dry Firewood Rules!
- Firewood: Split it. Cover it. Burn it next year!
- Split it. Cover it. Burn it next season.
- Firewood at 20% burns better, cleaner
- Dry splits burn better
- Got Smoke? Dry your wood.
- Black glass is not bad ass. (my personal favorite but not very informative)
If I'm re-hashing a previous post please let me know. I searched but did not find anything relevant.
