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Log storage has an essential part to play, if you have a wood burning stove or log burner in your home.
Log storage is an important factor when using a wood burning stove in your home. Using "just felled" wood as fuel for your log burner can not only cause the burner problems, but it is also a very uneconomical source of fuel.
If you already have a wood burning stove in your home, you will know the importance of having seasoned logs readily and conveniently available. Obviously you can not cut down a tree everytime you need some wood for the stove, so the alternative is to use a log or wood store to keep your wood. Using a wood store for log storage is a simple and convenient answer to ensure that you always have fire wood to hand.
The purpose of a log store is not only to keep your wood, but also to season it. Seasoned wood is wood that has been allowed to dry out naturally. This process can take many weeks to several months, but is well worth it, especially with the cost of buying pre-seasoned wood being so expensive.
To season your own logs at home couldn't be easier, all you need is a good supply of quality logs, a log store, a quiet corner of your property and some time. Getting your hands on a log store is simple, Amazon have loads of good quality ones in different sizes and styles to suit your requirements and they are probably a lot less expensive than you'd think. You should be able to find a good timber supplier in your local area fairly easy too. You could try the classifieds in the local paper or good old yell.com.
Only properly seasoned logs should be used in a log burner, due to the water contain of "undried" wood. The water content of normal wood can cause problems. Burning wet wood is not only extremely uneconomical, but the steam produced when the wood is burned can condense on a cold flue, and prevent the stove from reaching it's correct operating temperature. The seasoning process removes almost all of the water, allowing the logs to reach and burn at the right temperature and therefore produce the maximum amount of energy from each log.
Having an adequate place for log storage is a simple but crucial part of the process to produce your own seasoned logs. Doing it yourself will be more economical, environmentally friendly and ensure your log burner performs well for many years to come.
