Hi,
I been heating my house with coal used on a Stanley Errigal 50 cooker for the past 5 years , tried to use wood initially but not fully understanding everything , I gave up becuase of the wet crappy tar on the boiler inside the firebox , but this year with some dry wood decided to give it a go again , with the same wood that I got when I first bought the cooker so its very dry now , apart from the obvious 2 weekly clean out of all the chambers surrouding the cooker and the chimney , its great it runs hotter and much better on wood , without overfiring which I already know to my cost of a new riddling grate and summer plates which I burnt out and has the potential to save me loads of money , ............but my question to you all is this.........
How can I dry wood real quickly , I had this strange idea after a bottle of wine , will it work
I have a small outbuilding ( used to be an outside loo) , if I fix a solar powered air exhaust fan into the roof and stack up my chopped up wood inside , the room is south facing (5ft x 4ft) and gets warm in summer , will the constant flow of air and heat dry wood any quicker , or do I just have to plan a couple of years in advance of my wood requirements so it can season properly ???
Logic tells me it will work , but experience is one thing I wont get without trying it and dont want to waste time and money converting a room into wood dryer if It has no effect and my nieghbours look at me as if Im some kind of nutter... anyone with wood drying experience ??
I been heating my house with coal used on a Stanley Errigal 50 cooker for the past 5 years , tried to use wood initially but not fully understanding everything , I gave up becuase of the wet crappy tar on the boiler inside the firebox , but this year with some dry wood decided to give it a go again , with the same wood that I got when I first bought the cooker so its very dry now , apart from the obvious 2 weekly clean out of all the chambers surrouding the cooker and the chimney , its great it runs hotter and much better on wood , without overfiring which I already know to my cost of a new riddling grate and summer plates which I burnt out and has the potential to save me loads of money , ............but my question to you all is this.........
How can I dry wood real quickly , I had this strange idea after a bottle of wine , will it work
I have a small outbuilding ( used to be an outside loo) , if I fix a solar powered air exhaust fan into the roof and stack up my chopped up wood inside , the room is south facing (5ft x 4ft) and gets warm in summer , will the constant flow of air and heat dry wood any quicker , or do I just have to plan a couple of years in advance of my wood requirements so it can season properly ???
Logic tells me it will work , but experience is one thing I wont get without trying it and dont want to waste time and money converting a room into wood dryer if It has no effect and my nieghbours look at me as if Im some kind of nutter... anyone with wood drying experience ??
