Either I'm getting taller or my wood stacks are getting shorter. Set them at 5ft in late april early may. Some are at 4' 4"! Anyone else see this happen? Was there really that much moisture in them?
NordicSplitter said:Either I'm getting taller or my wood stacks are getting shorter. Set them at 5ft in late april early may. Some are at 4' 4"! Anyone else see this happen? Was there really that much moisture in them?
Battenkiller said:NordicSplitter said:Either I'm getting taller or my wood stacks are getting shorter. Set them at 5ft in late april early may. Some are at 4' 4"! Anyone else see this happen? Was there really that much moisture in them?
Green wood shrinks about 10% as it dries, plus a bit of settling over time... yup, you're getting taller.
Got Wood said:I built a Holz Hauzen in Feb 2010. When building it a put a long pole right in the middle and put a rubber ring on it marking the top of the HH. The top of the HH is now about 14" below the ring.
DexterDay said:Battenkiller said:NordicSplitter said:Either I'm getting taller or my wood stacks are getting shorter. Set them at 5ft in late april early may. Some are at 4' 4"! Anyone else see this happen? Was there really that much moisture in them?
Green wood shrinks about 10% as it dries, plus a bit of settling over time... yup, you're getting taller.
Made all my stacks at 4 1/2 feet tall. BackwoodsSavage was the one I remember sying this. Build them to 4.5' and they shrink to 4'. Well, most of my wood has done the half of a foot already. So Yes. The stacks do shrink, when the splits lose moisture.
Backwoods Savage said:My apologies, as most have seen this picture before.
LoL, I dunno. I'm getting pretty sick of it. I'm dealing with it, though. Envy is one of the 7 deadly sins, after all...woodchip said:Backwoods Savage said:My apologies, as most have seen this picture before.
No need to apologise, we never tire of seeing your piles ;-)
wannabegreener said:I measured my wood pile for this winter and it is measuring 5 ft tall exactly. It was either 5 ft 6 in when I started or 5 ft 9 inches. I have straightened out a nasty lean in the pile a couple of weeks ago, but didn't think about them shrinking. I'm now down to a little over 4 cords vs the 4.5+ cords I had when I started. I think on my rows for next year, I'll put in a t-post and set a mark on the post where the height of the row is before any serious drying happens.