Preparing Your Firewood for the Winter Season

Whenever days begin to get shorter and the temperature begins to cool down, you will know that it is the time of the year that you should begin to prepare for your heating needs before the winter season begins. This means that if you have a wood heater or any type of fireplace at your home or establishment, then you will need firewood to fire them up.

You need to gather and split firewood, dry, and store them early so you will be prepared well. Are you aware that there are good and bad ways to store firewood? Although there are businesses that can deliver firewood to you in an instant, but it would be a much cheaper option for you to instead gather and store them on your own to save on money if the sources in your area is abundant. There are good storage methods that can help you preserve firewood for the winter season and the following are some good and bad ways of storing them.

If the firewood is placed in an area of you property where access is very restricting, then you must remove them away from this cramped location.

Most firewood is made and stored in logs of even lengths and sizes, but when it comes to widths, they vary from large logs which are too big to burn without being split first, up to small pieces that can be used for kindling. It may be very tempting to store them all at the bottom of the pile, but this means that you do not have the correct mix of kindling and the bigger pieces, so it is better to stack them in alternating thickness all throughout.

Storing firewood using the crisscross patterns will keep them drier and provide air to pass through, but you must not attempt to cover the load. You must stack it neatly in rows that get shorter forming a pyramid shape. This is also good since it may take up lesser space. You must do it right the first time and you must take the time to stack the firewood for ease of access and use over time. This is the best condition for the wood that could also be free from mess. For safety reasons, avoid stacking firewood as high as the level of your waist. You must make new rows rather than stacking them with a higher pile, This will lessons the strain of lifting in high wind and slippage in your part.

Avoid stacking too close to the fence or the external walls of your house. This will attract white ants and termites. The presence of firewood will also dent or rot the wall or the fence of your property. You must also avoid directly stacking your firewood on the ground. You can use two lines of pavers or any other non-wood base materials to lift the firewood stack so that white ant access can be restricted. Avoid applying insecticides so you're and your neighbors are not going to breath in the chemical-laced smoke that could poison you.

Please read this Huskee 22 ton log splitter review if you are planning to buy an equipment that you can use to make firewood making easier for you.