Stored firewood in garage 2 years....Still wet?

whys that Machria

 

We need more forks first.

 

Nicholas62388. damm man, if you can't get that stuff to burn in an open fireplace it must be REALLY wet.

I'll take pics of what I said later....

 

i havent tried the outside wood yet in an hour or so

 

This thread should confuse you its so off track but OK this is an open fireplace.. your burning in?

As for kindling people rave about the super cedars... myself I have a local hardwood furniture store that gives away scraps that I use for kindling kiln dried lots of thin pieces from shaping headboards .. in fact take extra and give to friends/elderly so ambiance fires are easy for them..

 

In the pics it looks like oak.
3 years, off the ground with good air circulation, top covered ( like ind Backkwoods pics ) in your area to get it dry

(Red oak takes the longest to season)

You have any dead standing trees ? Dead standing ash, pine, locust would be real good.
Use the top 3/4 of some dead standing stuff if you need wood now.

 

In bucks county he'll be lucky to find much..... unless he's made of money and owns more than a 1/4 acre

 

Time for din din. I'll catch up with this in an hour or so.

 

Gooder to know we can count on that.

 

Wood outdoors will get wet, but if it only gets wet on the sides and is given plenty of ventilation it will steadily lose moisture and become as dry as possible. If you have it in a shed that has excellent ventilation and protection from direct rain and snow and give it enough time you'll get the driest possible wood.

Garages vary in humidity. My wood furnace is attached to mine, so some amount of wood in the garage would dry in the warm heat it gets in winter. But most garages have poor ventilation and humid air and won't dry the wood. It's a good place to store already seasoned wood but not a place to season it.

 

Just started a fire with the "dry wood" from
Outside so we'll see how it goes

 

So far no good...its sizzling bubbles out the side and u can hear it sizzling. Although I literally took it straight fRom outside and tried grabbing the dryest pieces even tho they felt a tad wet

 

I'd split some smaller. Like 1 inch or 2 max. Use those to start the fire. You need some coals to develop. Then use the bigger pieces like in the pic.
If it's oak, it's gonna sizzle. That's stuff takes forever to dry