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This reminds me of a firewood seasoning method I saw in (IIRC) Dudley Cook's "The Ax Book", except you pile up your split firewood in concentric circles around
by refuse 4y ago
This reminds me of a firewood seasoning method I saw in (IIRC) Dudley Cook's "The Ax Book", except you pile up your split firewood in concentric circles around a stove pipe with holes drilled all around and along it's length. When the wood is stacked to about breast height, you cover it with shingles/plywood/plastic and put a vent that's been painted black on top of the stove pipe. You end up with air constantly circulating past the wood and significantly reducing seasoning time.
(note, if you try this, make sure to put it on top of some branches so your firewood isn't contacting the ground)
- blamazon 4y agoIn Germany a similar but more traditional thing (bark-y wood pieces usually used for the roof, no stove pipe, instead a loosely/chaotically packed core for airflow) is called a Holz Hausen: [1] https://www.logsplittersdirect.com/stories/1202-How-to-Age-Your-Firewood-the-German-Way.html https://www.logsplittersdirect.com/stories/1202-How-to-Age-Y... [1]: (Literally: 'Round House')
- gerikson 4y agoLink is not available. Doesn't Holz Hausen translate as "House for wood"?
- blamazon 4y agoSeems likely! I don't know German at all. I just saw that when I websearched it, I actually saw these in Austria years ago.
- sgoschi 4y agoI think 'Holz Hausen' might be an American word [1], as I've never heard it before. It'd also roughly translate to 'wooden house'. Over here we call it 'Holzmiete' [2], which translates to 'wood pay/wages'. Fun fact: haystacks follow the same principle! [3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewood#Storing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewood#Storing [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holzmiete https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holzmiete [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay#Stacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay#Stacks