I am learning to like 8-12â section of wood vs storing them. I can burn 30â wood and will store some that long (saving time at the moment). Then cut some wood 8-12â section/blocks as I move it from stack to patio (with electric saws cuts only). Exercise/Heat is my goal!

It depends on a number of things. How loosely it is stacked (so air can get through it) how long it is left to dry, whether it is in a shed with little air flow or simply outside but covered. I think a well built log raxk where the wood can be stacked rather loosely with a top cover so air flows through the wood well and a good 6 months would cure it well. We often order a load just before season's end so it can sit and cure throught he spring and summer for winter use. We then order a mixed load at the begining of the season and use the well seasoned wood from the previous season to start the fire and add less cured wood for longer lasting burning. When we have let wood just sort of lay out in the elements, it burned up so quickly when used that a cord would not last a month in moderate conditions.

Thanks For The Suggestion, exmar! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I tried to get Our Local Habitat for Humanity to purchase that unit at Harbor Freight. I volunteered one morning a week for 6 years. Some mornings I would spend 4 hrs ripping ½” OSB shims to add in pre-built framing items (cripples, channels, headers, etc) to make today’s 2Xs full for framing. It was easy too fill a 55 barrel with saw dust in 4 hrs from the ripping. A 4’ box fan was the best I could convince them to do. It took me 6 yrs to get full of dust and volunteer my services at a cleaner healthier site. My point was that dust period was not good for us, plus we d/n know what chemicals were in the OSB. I would ck the directions of the wind as my exhaust when Hardiboard Siding was being cut. I ck the wind when cutting firewood also. Have you tried any attachments (2-4 or 1) with the software switch and was it successful???

Basic expensive heat provided by an oil-fired furnace, with a supplementary wood-fired stove in a distant room, and have an oil-filled heater in the bathroom that I turn on at night when the price is at the lowest of three levels during the day/night to provide comfort during repeated ritualistic visits when clad in only one layer of clothing during sleep time. A substantial number of people who burn wood use trees that are dying, or too close to other important trees, or blown down in wind storms, or cut to keep power lines clear, and sometimes tops of trees when the tree was cut for lumber. As for the burning causing pollution ... if you allow them to lie on the ground when they die, and a forest fire comes along ... substantial pollution, but maybe less when burned at high heat ... but the larger numbers cause those more devastating fires that have put people and property at increased risk in recent years. Remember Smokey the bear and, "Only you can prevent forest fires"? Stopping them in the short term only allows more buildup of residue ... that results in a much bigger, and more dangerous fire ... later. Also ... dead trees that have fallen over - rot. Which produces carbon dioxide, methane? and some other unfriendly atmospheric degraders ... granted, over a longer period ... which delays the pollutants being released ... till tomorrow ... another problem with which our kids will need to deal. In earlier years many had electric blankets, but haven't heard much about them recently. I think that having those wires over one's body in a blanket rather than being hammered by bodies thrashing over them nightly in a mattress pad would be preferable, in terms of lasting longer and being less at risk in case of damage to the wires. Hope you can find some seasoned wood at less than outrageous prices, Alisande. ole joyfuelled ... with additional warmth provided by an extra sweater/blanket or so