Hello everyone,
People who heat their homes with wood and cut and split their own wood generally do so during the winter months.
You know the old saying "wood heats you when you cut it, when you split it, when you stack it and finally when you burn it". Very true. It is all very hard work.
Unfortunately for Frank, he is skiing all winter long. So he does not have time to deal with the wood during the cold months.
So he began to cut and split a full tandem load of wood in early April. Last week he finally finished with it. He did not work on it continuously or it would have been done long ago. Nevertheless, it is a huge job and one that he is very happy to be finished with.
We have a wonderful natural wood store underneath our solar array. Mike from Ottawa Solar suggested it to us and it was a brilliant suggestion. We just throw a tarp over the top of all of the wood to keep the snow off it.
The only unfortunate part is that a full tandem of wood will not all fit under the array.
So we have several piles like these ones here and there on our property. A couple of piles are just at the back of the house. We will use those ones first since they are the closest and then start on the rest of it.
The majority of the wood is oak and maple. This will likely last us at least three years. The BTU value of the wood will be lessened by the third year but we use so little of it anyway that even if we need to throw on a couple more logs a night it will not matter.
In 2013 we purchased three full (or bush) cords of wood. The last two winters here in eastern Ontario have been very very cold. But due to the beauty of passive solar, we have not used all of the wood yet. There is still a small pile left that we will keep to burn first in the autumn.
Well that is it for me for tonight. Thanks so much for visiting. Cheers.
People who heat their homes with wood and cut and split their own wood generally do so during the winter months.
You know the old saying "wood heats you when you cut it, when you split it, when you stack it and finally when you burn it". Very true. It is all very hard work.
Unfortunately for Frank, he is skiing all winter long. So he does not have time to deal with the wood during the cold months.
So he began to cut and split a full tandem load of wood in early April. Last week he finally finished with it. He did not work on it continuously or it would have been done long ago. Nevertheless, it is a huge job and one that he is very happy to be finished with.
We have a wonderful natural wood store underneath our solar array. Mike from Ottawa Solar suggested it to us and it was a brilliant suggestion. We just throw a tarp over the top of all of the wood to keep the snow off it.
The only unfortunate part is that a full tandem of wood will not all fit under the array.
So we have several piles like these ones here and there on our property. A couple of piles are just at the back of the house. We will use those ones first since they are the closest and then start on the rest of it.
The majority of the wood is oak and maple. This will likely last us at least three years. The BTU value of the wood will be lessened by the third year but we use so little of it anyway that even if we need to throw on a couple more logs a night it will not matter.
In 2013 we purchased three full (or bush) cords of wood. The last two winters here in eastern Ontario have been very very cold. But due to the beauty of passive solar, we have not used all of the wood yet. There is still a small pile left that we will keep to burn first in the autumn.
Well that is it for me for tonight. Thanks so much for visiting. Cheers.
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