Comments on: Stacking Firewood – How to Stack Firewood

By: david

david — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:05:57 +0000

In reply to Dave Herbert. I also found the same problem,I also found it to be stacked bark side up helps dry cure it without go punky, the rain doesn't have a chance to penitrate it as easly, bark or no bark.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:10:56 +0000

It sure is messy but I’ll bet, that since this wood’s primary use is dcvroatiee, the bark has been stripped, making it far less messy. I would also bet it’s only used for kindling, and infrequently at that!

By: Yin

Yin — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:00:59 +0000

In reply to Dave Herbert. I like the look of stacked wood, but do you know how messy split wood is? We heat part of our house on wood and I can say that the conerr we keep the wood inside to the stove is very messy!

By: John Pokorny

John Pokorny — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:42:21 +0000

I have a lot of green oak logs is it better to stack them parallel to the ground or is it better to stand them up to let moist to enter the log and then it freezes and does some splitting and drying?

By: Jim Cauley

Jim Cauley — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:35:53 +0000

What a great article. I work at a lumber yard and have spent some time looking at wood shed plans and there isn’t much that you can do for under $450. I may be shooting big at 4’x8′-8′.

I like the approach of covering the top few inches of the file with a tarp. Maybe that and some 4×4 posts paired at the ends of the pile is the cheapest way to go and still have a neat dry stack.

Thanks,
Jim

By: Dave Herbert

Dave Herbert — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:47:19 +0000

Hello Madrone Firewood,

One comment about just leaving firewood in a pile; I’ve tried that, and found that the center of the pile does not cure well. I’ve moved piles of firewood that were 8 to ten months old only to find that two feet below the surface of the pile, the wood is damp and mouldy.

If you want to cure firewood in a pile, it must be in a shed or barn where it gets no rain on it and the ground is bone dry. (Some state parks in Vermont store and sell fireplace wood that way and it is quite dry in only a few months.)

Love your comments on stacking firewood. If folks want to cover their stacked firewood, only cover the top and a few inches down the side. This allows plenty of air to circulate and dry the woood. I’ve seen seasoned stacked wood that has been rained on for three days, and only the top few pieces are wet,and those are only wet on the surface. Throw that wet wood in a hot airtight wood stove, and you can’t tell it from dry wood, it burns fine.

Keep up the good work,
Dave