Seasoned fire wood usually contains 20 - 25% water content
, while wood that is unseasoned can have up to 45% water content.Seasoned dry firewood is a lot easier to start and produces much more heat then green wood. Be sure that you are purchasing seasoned firewood, buy it in the summer at least 6 months before you using it. Cutting your very own wood remember that Green wood needs to be dried out or seasoned before it will burn correctly, with burning green wood you make use of alot more wood In-order to produce heat and green wood uses up a lot of the energy in-order to burn. Inadditon with green wood producing Less heat you'll find it creates more creosote accumulating on the flue walls as a result.Raising the risk of starting a chimmney fire. Some ways to tell when your wood is seasoned and dry, look for the following:
1. Wood seems like it is lighter.
2. Wood will have dark ends with cracks or splits
Firewood Storage
Store the wood off the ground in a location not to far from the house,you don't want to walk far from the house if it is pouring down or a foot of snow lays on the ground.You can potentially make a quick method to support the wood by putting two 2x4s or 2x6s parallel to each other on the surface and cover using a tarp.But lets face it snow is heavy and Nobody wants to be standing out in 10 degree weather digging out the wood pile.Do yourself a favor and construct a small wood shed with a solid roof to protect it from the elements.