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  • 15-09-2014 4:35pm
    #1
    Moggaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 350 ✭✭


    Hi. I got storm damaged poplar last feb, cut it and put it in the garage where it's been since. I bought a wood moisture meter online and it gives me readings of approx 18 to 20%. People harp on about leaving timber 2 years to dry but am I too early to use this stuff this winter. Just to add there is the sticky stuff on the bark still. I ask as I have a fair bit of this stuff and have no room to put more timber if I needed to buy it. I will be burning it in a multi fuel stove with turf and a little coal.


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  • #2
    macjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭macjohn


    Moggaman wrote: »
    Hi. I got storm damaged poplar last feb, cut it and put it in the garage where it's been since. I bought a wood moisture meter online and it gives me readings of approx 18 to 20%. People harp on about leaving timber 2 years to dry but am I too early to use this stuff this winter. Just to add there is the sticky stuff on the bark still. I ask as I have a fair bit of this stuff and have no room to put more timber if I needed to buy it. I will be burning it in a multi fuel stove with turf and a little coal.


    Is that reading from the outside of a block - it is recommended to split a few blocks and take a reading from the centre of them.

    The seasoning time is different for different timbers - if you dont get a satisfactory answer here you could ask the mods to move the thread over to the forestry, the lads over there know their stuff and will know about poplar.

    Is the garage enclosed? The recommended way to season is a shed that has a good airflow or it wont season properly apparently. Plus brining "green" timber into an enclosed garage might be bring in unnecessary moisture into the garage and could cause mould etc. (Just picked this up from boards, loads of threads on best way to season and problems with storing unseasoned in enclosed spaces etc)


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