- Sep 19, 2012
- 26
Hi All,
I know it's a bad idea to burn wet wood in an insert, but I got burned by a local firewood dealer and now I'm not sure what to do. The outside of the wood reads 16-19% on the moisture meter, but the inside is 30-35%. I tried burning it, and it puts the fire right out. The outside will char, but mostly it will just smoke and smolder even with the damper fully open.
I guess it's bound to happen every now and then. The guy was very reasonable at first and offered to come pick up the wood and refund my money and I offered to load it for him. After I hadn't heard from him in over a week, I contacted him and he no longer wants to accept the wood back.
I can argue with him all I want, but I doubt it will get me anywhere. Now I've got 2 cords of chunk wood in my front yard killing my grass that I don't know what to do with. Is there any way to dry it out quickly so it can be used this year?
Thanks!
I know it's a bad idea to burn wet wood in an insert, but I got burned by a local firewood dealer and now I'm not sure what to do. The outside of the wood reads 16-19% on the moisture meter, but the inside is 30-35%. I tried burning it, and it puts the fire right out. The outside will char, but mostly it will just smoke and smolder even with the damper fully open.
I guess it's bound to happen every now and then. The guy was very reasonable at first and offered to come pick up the wood and refund my money and I offered to load it for him. After I hadn't heard from him in over a week, I contacted him and he no longer wants to accept the wood back.
I can argue with him all I want, but I doubt it will get me anywhere. Now I've got 2 cords of chunk wood in my front yard killing my grass that I don't know what to do with. Is there any way to dry it out quickly so it can be used this year?
Thanks!