mmm, Paws, seems quite tightly packed? Do you get enough air circulating in the interior?
I have been a bit keen, but had loads lying round the wood and wanted to get as much as possible under cover before it degraded. The stuff I packed in was already pretty dry, having been cut into rounds some time ago and having had this years long dry spell in the wood. Its quite well seasoned, a mixture of last winters Hazel, Oak cut 2 years ago and left over scrap timber. May not use it until winter 2015/16 unless this year is Arctic, we have loads more under tarps along the fence boundary, the kiln shed is also full, theres loads up by the house, and more in the wood on the ground. We need to get rid of some, got the stuff coming out of our ears !
To be honest I love chopping logs, its my recreation, and will keep at it until I run out of places to put them. Wouldn't have had so much if my wood had been regularly coppiced, but we have 25 years worth of catching up to do, its really overstood. I do leave quite a bit as dead wood heaps too.
There is adequate air getting into my heap from the sides and below, proof was in the 'test' over the last couple of evenings -it already burns well. The oak is amazing, like coal. A couple of decent chunks will burn for an hour or two and it really pumps out the heat. Its best mixed up with some quicker burning stuff like Hazel.
We've had a few double glazing / energy efficiency salesmen over the last month door knocking, they tend to look deflated and puzzled when you say "you can't help us save money on heating thank you- we don't have any heating bills, we own a wood."
by smojo » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:37 am 