Many of you have read the thread: Wood shrinkage
In case you don't want to go back and read that thread, it was proposed by a neighbor (who also has worked with wood a long time) that my wood pile, although it had shrunk over the year, would gain in height over the summer. I highly doubted it but fully knowing how often I can be wrong, I simply made a couple of measurements on one wood pile.
This wood was stacked in April of 2009.
When I took measurements there were a couple places where it measured exactly 46" in height. Today I happened to think about it so this morning I took another measurement. It measured exactly 46". Another theory shot. Now I don't know whether to tell the neighbor the result or not for fear of insulting him! lol
btw, it has been brought up from time to time also about relative humidity and its effect on wood. One can certainly say that we've had some mighty high humidity for quite some time now too. Maybe I'll measure that stack a few more times before winter sets in.
In case you don't want to go back and read that thread, it was proposed by a neighbor (who also has worked with wood a long time) that my wood pile, although it had shrunk over the year, would gain in height over the summer. I highly doubted it but fully knowing how often I can be wrong, I simply made a couple of measurements on one wood pile.
This wood was stacked in April of 2009.
When I took measurements there were a couple places where it measured exactly 46" in height. Today I happened to think about it so this morning I took another measurement. It measured exactly 46". Another theory shot. Now I don't know whether to tell the neighbor the result or not for fear of insulting him! lol
btw, it has been brought up from time to time also about relative humidity and its effect on wood. One can certainly say that we've had some mighty high humidity for quite some time now too. Maybe I'll measure that stack a few more times before winter sets in.