It is good for us to keep enough firewood before the winter season. Using the freshly cut of firewood are not recommended for burning due to their high moisture content. The seasoned firewood contains the ideal moisture which is about15% to 20% of moisture and will provide us with an efficient fire that produces low emissions. Normally, firewood can be ready for burning in six months, but it never hurts to save the wood you cut and split this year for next year's winter fires.
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There are a few ways for storing your seasoned firewood. But the most important is how to keep your firewood in the right way to make them quick ready for use especially before the upcoming winter. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when deciding how and where to keep your seasoned firewood.
Easy to Access and Insect Deterrence
It is must be easy to access and pick up the firewood but storing logs against an outside wall of our home is not recommended because firewood can attract insects. By storage the logs inside your home building also is not a good idea because pests can enter your home or cause damage to your home's exterior. The best option is build an outside storage shed or building. Firewood can be damage by critters but be careful in spraying with pesticides due to burning these logs will create harmful toxic vapors.
Moisture Protection
Protection from moisture is also very important in storing of firewood to make our firewood burns efficiently. The best way is keep them in a large outdoor shed or storage building. But if you have no enough space, using a simple tarp to cover your firewood is recommended to prevent it from taking in moisture from rain or snow. Make sure the tarps are properly tied down to prevent them from blowing away.
Proper Air Circulation
Avoid storing the logs directly on the ground because firewood can soak up moisture and attract insects. It is recommended to store firewood in a rack because it will keep your logs elevated, promote air circulation, and deter pests and wood rot. The firewood rack can be hand made either from wood or steel tubular.
Seasoned firewood should be properly stored to ensure the effectiveness with long-burning and low emission fires throughout the winter season.
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Whether you get well seasoned wood or will be aging it yourself, you need a proper place to store it. Many people just stack their wood and cover it with a tarp. This is one of the worst ways to store firewood. The tarp traps moisture from the wood and the ground and acts like a sauna. This keeps the wood from drying in a reasonable amount of time and can promote rot. The best way to store firewood is in a shed. Something simple will do, a roof and three sides works best. This allows for plenty of air exchange and easy access to your stored wood. I recommend installing some kind of a floor; even several inches of gravel with plastic underneath works fine. The plastic will act as a vapor barrier and keep moisture from beneath the logs while at the same time discouraging critters and pests.
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