I dont know if you know this so here it is if there where leave (green) on the tree leave the tree until the turn brown. Then the wood needs to be cut and split and put someplace dry with a breeze for 3-9 months Angie
I knew it was something like that, but I didn't know details. I've never dealt with firewood before.
The tree in question fell during hurricane Isabel. So, assuming I manage to get it split at the right time (and somebody who can get it out of Sheepie's way faster doesn't claim it first), next winter would be more than nine months.
I spent my pre-teen and teen years in a house heated only by woodstoves, with no hot water heater (we kept metal buckets on the stoves for baths).
Wood can be burned any time, but green wood burns colder due to water in it. It also junks up your chimney with creosote much faster, not a plus. If you live in an area with lots of older wooden houses near each other, you should absolutely install a real or makeshift spark arrestor in the chimney, ie a metal mesh that has a decent chance of stopping sparks from flying up. Or get a catalytic converter box between the stove n the chimney, which will also burn off any spare creosote in the stove exhaust.
If you have the option of doing something unusual, there are plans on the net for nifty tile-type stoves that are designed to burn a small load of wood very hot, and store the heat in the mass of the stove. They can be built with inexpensive materials. The only catch is that they are heavy. If you could conceivably have a waterbed where you want the stove, you are fine though.
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if there where leave (green) on the tree leave the tree until the turn brown. Then the wood needs to be cut and split and put someplace dry with a breeze for 3-9 months
Angie
Re: wood
The tree in question fell during hurricane Isabel. So, assuming I manage to get it split at the right time (and somebody who can get it out of Sheepie's way faster doesn't claim it first), next winter would be more than nine months.
Re: wood
I spent my pre-teen and teen years in a house heated only by woodstoves, with no hot water heater (we kept metal buckets on the stoves for baths).
Wood can be burned any time, but green wood burns colder due to water in it. It also junks up your chimney with creosote much faster, not a plus. If you live in an area with lots of older wooden houses near each other, you should absolutely install a real or makeshift spark arrestor in the chimney, ie a metal mesh that has a decent chance of stopping sparks from flying up. Or get a catalytic converter box between the stove n the chimney, which will also burn off any spare creosote in the stove exhaust.
If you have the option of doing something unusual, there are plans on the net for nifty tile-type stoves that are designed to burn a small load of wood very hot, and store the heat in the mass of the stove. They can be built with inexpensive materials. The only catch is that they are heavy. If you could conceivably have a waterbed where you want the stove, you are fine though.