Man I should be dead by now.......

[certified106]

While reading an article on wood burning I ran across this guys comment in response to how you should only burn seasoned wood. If what he says about burning seasoned wood is true my house should be freezing cold, burnt down, and I should be dead. I would love to see the creosote and smoke trail coming from his chimney.....hahaha :lol:

"You state that wood should be aged for two years. I went into the woods and picked out a dead tree, still standing, without any limbs, or branches or twigs.. Hopefully a cherry. I cut it and ran it thru the stove. If one of your readers fills up his stove with the wood you speak of he'll burn down his house. You need to use a little common sense when you burn wood. Aged wood is for kindling, for getting a good fire going, and for making do-gooders happy with the smoke output. You load your stove with wood that will heat your home.....Safely!



Edit: Mods I probably placed this in the wrong forum please feel free to move it, Sorry

 

[oldspark]

Facts confuse some people.

 

[Jack Straw]

Most of the people in this county say the same thing....Cut wood in the fall to burn that winter.

 

[Fsappo]

Which wood protects from wolverines?

Or was it mountain lions?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Facts confuse some people.

Very well said.

 

[Woody Stover]

"You state that wood should be aged for two years. I went into the woods and picked out a dead tree, still standing, I cut it and ran it thru the stove. If one of your readers fills up his stove with the wood you speak of he'll burn down his house.

That guy almost got me killed! On his advice, I burned some of the dead standing Oak I've got. It's at ~15%. I had to wet down the interior walls to keep the house from catching fire. From now on, I'm only burning wood that's been soaked in a bucket of water for a couple of days. Safety first!

 

[oldspark]

I need to get a cattle tank so I can soak a cord at a time

 

[certified106]

"You state that wood should be aged for two years. I went into the woods and picked out a dead tree, still standing, I cut it and ran it thru the stove. If one of your readers fills up his stove with the wood you speak of he'll burn down his house.

That guy almost got me killed! On his advice, I burned some of the dead standing Oak I've got. It's at ~15%. I had to wet down the interior walls to keep the house from catching fire. From now on, I'm only burning wood that's been soaked in a bucket of water for a couple of days. Safety first!

I second you on the water soaked wood it lasts soooooooo much longer while burning.....Just think I could cut my wood consumption in half ;-P

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Certified, you might also cut your marriage time in half if you do that.

 

[BrotherBart]

I second you on the water soaked wood it lasts soooooooo much longer while burning.....Just think I could cut my wood consumption in half ;-P

True story about that. My in-laws were here for two weeks back in the 90s. In the winter. Father in-law told me one day as I came in from work that he had finally figured out how to burn the stove. Said that he brought some wet wood in and that it burned for a really long time. I looked in the rack and he had drug in sopping we rounds.

I gave them some money to go out to dinner and headed for the roof. The chimney was completely plugged with fly ash. Brushed it out and had a long talk with him when they got back.

 

[pen]

I'm sure the same guy can be found cutting his firewood in flip flops wearing these:

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[Adkjake]

Well, at least the one item is a hard hat!!

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

I can't believe there's even any discussion about whether to burn dry, seasoned wood. If you burn wet or unseasoned wood you might as well be burning wet rags. You won't get anywhere near the heat out of them for one thing. It's a waste of the wood. The main problem, though, is a lot of the moisture goes up and condenses on the chimney walls and spark arrestor screen as creosote and can make a really hot chimney fire, possibly damaging your pipe and sending burning chunks out on your roof. Not fun. I'm in California where it's really hot and dry inn the Summer. I still tell people to cut it no later than Spring and then let it sit split and stacked through the Summer to be seasoned for Fall. In other parts of the country where it's humid in the Summer, it can take even longer. It may be OK if the dead wood has been standing to burn it sooner, but any wood on the ground, even though dead, can absorb moisture from the ground and need to be seasoned just as long.

 

[firefighterjake]

Don't try to change my fantasy world with real world facts . . . or as Old Spark so succintly said . . . facts confuse some people . . . which I could hit the like button on that one.

 

[Loco Gringo]

. . . facts confuse some people . . . .

Even worse, if they do in fact understand, it pisses them off to find out they are wrong. Some people dont take it well when you prove their ignorance, esp old timer, been burnin green wood all their life types. I was chattin with one once that felt his 5 gal bucket of creosote he beats out of his pipe was totally acceptable. I didnt even waste the oxygen it would take me to explain. I just loaded my free logs and got outa there.

 

[madrone]

Even worse, if they do in fact understand, it pisses them off to find out they are wrong.

Second that. It's hard, but sometimes you just have to keep your mouth shut. "Yep. Pine's dangerous. I'd better haul that away for proper disposal..."

 

[weatherguy]

Sounds like my brother in law, he told me I was stupid for connecting a liner to my insert because Im restricting the draft, I should have left it open to the flue or maybe just put a 2 foot piece of pipe on it. He says the bigger the flue the better the draft and my six inch liner is inhibiting the flow. He knows what hes talking about because hes been burning for over 30 years, green wood mind you, and hasnt burned his house down yet.
When I told him his idea wouldnt meet code he said he nevers follows the codes, they're just there to get more money out of you.
I could see my comments were falling on deaf ears and changed the subject. Didnt want to ruin my mother in laws 80th birthday party dinner.

 

[zzr7ky]

Na-nanana-NaaaNaana! Na-nanana-NaaaNaana! Na-nanana-NaaaNaana! I can't hear you ; )

 

[firefighterjake]

Sounds like my brother in law, he told me I was stupid for connecting a liner to my insert because Im restricting the draft, I should have left it open to the flue or maybe just put a 2 foot piece of pipe on it. He says the bigger the flue the better the draft and my six inch liner is inhibiting the flow. He knows what hes talking about because hes been burning for over 30 years, green wood mind you, and hasnt burned his house down yet.
When I told him his idea wouldnt meet code he said he nevers follows the codes, they're just there to get more money out of you.
I could see my comments were falling on deaf ears and changed the subject. Didnt want to ruin my mother in laws 80th birthday party dinner.

Yeah, those crazy fire codes . . . just trying to get folks to do those pesky, expensive and safe things . . . Guess it's just a coincidence that a fair number of the items found in those fire codes came on the heels of major, large loss fires -- i.e. fire doors, emergency lights, fire alarm systems, etc.

 

[certified106]

Certified, you might also cut your marriage time in half if you do that.

Backwoods you are very correct. My wife was extremely hesitant to start heating with wood when she married me as her family had never used it before. However, after one season she absolutely loved having a hot stove and a living room that is 74° at all times of the year. She likes it so much that half the time she carries the wood in and is usually with me while splitting and stacking.

 

[certified106]

Facts confuse some people.

And the more you try to discuss it with them the more confused they get............

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Tom Clancy said that the difference between writing about fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.