This is my set up outside total 4 cords, 11 months old mostly oak. I have the space to build one more wood shed outside for a additional cord total 5 outside. Now I’m limited for stacking space outside so I use my garage/woodshed for additional 5 cords I will stack next month, going to use winter of 19-20. I just but the window in the back I will use a window fan and then stack the wood, there is also a window behind the refrigerator. Picture before window with my 4 month old white Swiss Shepard now 6 1/2 months old. Moisture of wood 1 3/4 years old fresh split in garage no window, this was the wood I used this winter. What are people’s thoughts on stacking in the garage with the new window and window fans? What can I do better? Always look to improve.
Welcome! GREAT first post. We all love pictures! I think that is about as good as you can do. Will be hard to dry with limited air flow. Maybe put an exist fan or two up in the gable or roof to help draw air in through the windows and out the top for more air flow...that's about the only thing I can offer. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
Not enough pictures Welcome aboard Wolves1 Glad to have ya. Do tell, did you resplit and stick those jabby things into the fresh split face?
Welcome to the club! I don’t have any advice about indoor drying - like many of the folks here, I use the good ol’ solar kiln in the sky. The normal figure cited for that method for oak is 3+ years, or 1 year per inch thickness. I don’t have any numbers for indoor drying time, but it sounds like you got it dry in 1/2 the normal time so I’d say it’s working pretty good for ya. Eric VW , I believe he did say it was freshly split. Most woods besides oak can get dry a lot faster than 3 years outside. If you need to get more wood dry, maybe you chould shift things around and put the other stuff in the outside racks.
Sorry for pictures? What is up with that? Welcome. Pictures are always encouraged. Anytime wood can be covered for final seasoning, then do it. You'll get all kinds of opinions. But, it comes down to sunlight + circulating air + time = dry firewood Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Welcome Wolves1 - You're gonna like this place, I guarantee it-Apologize for pics???? We love pics, dogs and beer. We especially like spending your money on accoutrements to help with your addiction...er, I meant hoard . You wanna buy something cool for your wood arsenal? Just let us know and watch how quickly we enable you to get right on it! Good folks here always willing to help, lend advice and basically treat you like family with no back-biting allowed. Nice to meet you
That is something unheard of around here. Welcome to the hoard Wolves1 I think your gonna like it here.
I thought I was the only one that loved checking on my stacked wood. Last year I stacked the 4 cords in the picture on my birthday and loved it.
So, what stove are you feeding Wolves1 ? How much wood did you go through this past winter? Wife and I went through 3 full cord this past winter which is a new high for us. Of course, she's retired and likes to be warm.
I have a Regency F3500 stove burn 24/7 and the other end of the house a Regency CI2600 insert burn as needed. This year we went through 5 cords. Wife and daughter like the house nice and warm so she kept feeding the insert. I would come home from work to a 76 degree home, change to shorts and t-shirt.
Sounds like you have a large place. Our place is quite small, and we just upgraded to a Woodstock Ideal Steel this year. I'm sure that will help us to burn a lot less wood than we did in our old stove. I think our woodburn season is now over, and the fuel oil furnace is being used. So now it's 69°F in the house rather than 78°F. I don't mind.
