Been on this site for a few months now and I have learned alot. One thing that is very repeatative is the fact that truly seasoned wood will give you best results. I need to buy a moisture meter but not sure where to get one?
Point of my post is that I just bought the house where I am currently living. There was a stove here when we bought the house along with probably about 8 cords of wood which was part of the purchase. Being that I never had a stove before it has been a long learning process. The wood is stored in two seperate sheds. One shed on the front side of the back yard which gets a lot of sun and wind. the other shed is towards the back of the property with woods on both sides.
I started using the wood in the back shed thinking it was the dryest. Boy was I wrong. Got through a lot of it and wasn't getting the results i really wanted. Last night I thought let me try some of the wood from the other shed and what a difference in stove temp and heat. Same type of wood but just dryer. \
Another question is should I move the wood from the back shed to the one on the side when that is all finished?
What type of wood will dry the quickest?
Point of my post is that I just bought the house where I am currently living. There was a stove here when we bought the house along with probably about 8 cords of wood which was part of the purchase. Being that I never had a stove before it has been a long learning process. The wood is stored in two seperate sheds. One shed on the front side of the back yard which gets a lot of sun and wind. the other shed is towards the back of the property with woods on both sides.
I started using the wood in the back shed thinking it was the dryest. Boy was I wrong. Got through a lot of it and wasn't getting the results i really wanted. Last night I thought let me try some of the wood from the other shed and what a difference in stove temp and heat. Same type of wood but just dryer. \
Another question is should I move the wood from the back shed to the one on the side when that is all finished?
What type of wood will dry the quickest?