Envi-8s storage

[scribe14]

Hi all, long time lurker here.....


i ordered a ton of envi 8s to supplement my wood this season. The pallet came shrink wrapped, after unwrapping it, i was pleased to see that the envi 8s are 6 to a package, also shrink wrapped.

i plan on storing these in an exterior shed, (not the dryest place, but I'm very limited in interior space),


I went through and separated out all compromised packages (torn open, etc) and will be storing these inside the house. Everything being stored inside the shed appears to be sealed up.

Since these are essentially compressed sawdust like pellets, am i running a risk putting these outdoors in a shed? never tried anything like this before, so i'm a little worried. thanks!

 

[chazcarr]

I burn a lot of Envi-8's and I can tell you that if they get wet they expand like crazy. Will burst right through their plastic covering. If stored outside in a shed, make sure they are raised up off the floor. I had them stacked once without being raised and the ones on the bottom all started to absorb moisture and expand nearly toppling the pile. You can use the pallet they came on if you have nothing else. I store mine in my basement now.

 

[Craig S.]

I stacked mine in the garage last year. No issues with moisture.

 

[scribe14]

I had stacked 15-20 packages in my shed prior to starting this thread.

After reading chazcarr's suggestion to stack off the floor, the following afternoon i went to the shed to restack what i had placed the night before.

The packages were wet with condensation. I mean wet like someone had sprayed it with a mist bottle, or like a car window on a fall morning. this was the afternoon, so they've obviously been like that for the majority of the day. The shed's dark, and this time of year is mostly shaded, so i guess I shouldn't be that surprised.

Still, YIKES!

Needless to say, i've moved everything in the house after wiping them dry (getting very creative as i have no basement or garage to stack in)

I can't trust that outer packaging to hold up to that type of moisture.


We've had a big swing in temperature here, high temps (high 60s low 70s) and high humidity, so that probably has a lot to do with it. humidity's 93 right now, with heavy downpours coming in tomorrow. If I had gotten this stuff in during the dead of winter, when it's pretty dry, i probably wouldn't have had an issue...

live and learn. thanks for the replies guys