Hurray! We all managed to survive another winter, now is the time to get going on firewood for the next season.
With the sharp rise in petroleum fuel costs over the last several years, more people are looking to wood, or wood based products, as a supplemental or primary heat source. A cord of seasoned birch has about the same energy as 165 gallons of fuel oil.
By this time of year you should be well on your way to having your firewood ready as it needs time to season, approximately six months. When wood is stacked outdoors in a open, dry, and sunny area it will become dry enough to support efficient combustion in about six months . Seasoned wood has a higher heating value, since you are not using as much energy to boil all that moisture out of the wood. In general a cord of green wood will weigh 70 percent more than the same type of wood that has been seasoned.
Different types of wood all offer the same amount of energy per pound Since they all differ in density the wood with greater weight per cord is going to offer more energy. In other words, a cord of oak is going to give you twice the energy of an equal volume of pine, since it weighs twice as much.
In closing, please don't use salt and pepper to season your firewood; it's a matter of thyme.
With the sharp rise in petroleum fuel costs over the last several years, more people are looking to wood, or wood based products, as a supplemental or primary heat source. A cord of seasoned birch has about the same energy as 165 gallons of fuel oil.
By this time of year you should be well on your way to having your firewood ready as it needs time to season, approximately six months. When wood is stacked outdoors in a open, dry, and sunny area it will become dry enough to support efficient combustion in about six months . Seasoned wood has a higher heating value, since you are not using as much energy to boil all that moisture out of the wood. In general a cord of green wood will weigh 70 percent more than the same type of wood that has been seasoned.
Different types of wood all offer the same amount of energy per pound Since they all differ in density the wood with greater weight per cord is going to offer more energy. In other words, a cord of oak is going to give you twice the energy of an equal volume of pine, since it weighs twice as much.
In closing, please don't use salt and pepper to season your firewood; it's a matter of thyme.
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