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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My experience with firewood is that if it sits around for about 5 years, that it starts to deteriorate (bugs, moisture) and when you burn it it’s “pithy” and its density has deteriorated. Granted, that wood wasn’t stored under ideal conditions. But so far I think that if wood is cut one winter, then it is ready to burn the next. Any comments on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks, Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Clarke Olsen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> Environmentally-preferable design, construction, building elements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Wood again [storage]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That 1" rule is for lumba: firewood is rarely held to that standard, though it's a good idea.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Clarke Olsen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>373 route 203<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Spencertown, NY 12165 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>518-392-4640<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:colsen@fairpoint.net">colsen@fairpoint.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>For purposes of air drying lumber, the rule of thumb on white oak I've learned is 1 year per inch if cut down. So if you split your wood to a maximum cross section of 5 inches... it would be a long time. Though splitting is probably going to release the moisture a bit faster than cutting.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Kathy Cochran <<a href="mailto:kathys_old_house@goldrush.com">kathys_old_house@goldrush.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>What about White Oak / Live Oak - trees cut down this year? How long do they need to cure? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Greenbuilding mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>