Nobody wants a smoky house when they light a fire, but we also don’t want to waste our whole evening just trying to get the fire started! A fireplace is meant to be warm and cozy. The problem many homeowners run into is wood that doesn’t light quickly, won’t light at all, or worse end up with a smoke-filled room, (with all the fans on and windows open). That’s not fun! In this video Chimney Sweep Bob adds kindling and tests two indoor fireplace fires to see which type of wood burns better.
On the left side, the stack of firewood logs is green logs a.k.a. wet wood. This green wood has not yet been properly seasoned. On the right side, you’ll see a stack of firewood that went through the proper wood seasoning process.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
" How much you enjoy your wood-burning fireplace or wood stove is influenced by the quality of the firewood burned inside it. Firewood that is easy to start, produces minimal creosote, and odor is considered seasoned.
Firewood is considered seasoned if, after it was cut down, each cut log was split, stored out of the weather, and allowed to dry to a moisture content between 20-25 percent. This process takes about 6 to 12 months and occurs naturally with exposure to the sun and wind.
Here we see two similar size stacks of firewood to burn in our fireplace. The firewood on the right has seasoned for approximately 12 months. The firewood on the left is green, that is, it has had less than a month to dry. This means that different than our seasoned wood, the green firewood on the left has 45-50% moisture content.
Before firewood will catch fire, it must be dry enough for ignition. If it is green, the kindling has to heat the wood up and dry it out. Only then can the process of pyrolysis and charcoaling can occur, finally then the log can catch and contribute to the fire. "
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9 сен 2024