Drying your firewood before use is essential for energy efficiency.
If conditions are optimal for drying, plan on stacking for a minimum of two seasons. But if it’s hard wood or wet conditions are present, plan on stacking your wood for four seasons minimum. Since you must look at the stack for that long, why not become artistic?
The World’s Most Amazing Stacked Wood Piles
A simple metal framework surrounded by logs of varying size at the Malvern Show, UK.blog.theenduringgardener.com
Firewood fireplace. Stacking your wood in alternating directions allows for better circulation. Image by Jaedde & Sis:flickr.com
Green Roof on a log walled woodshed by Wildwood Landscapeswww.wildroof.co.uk
Woodpile Gate at Sakonnet Garden in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
Via:www.slowlovelife.com
Woodpile sculpture on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. angelahemming.com
Firewood wall. Design by the super talented:alexscottporterdesign.com
Cord wood spiral, Woodstock, Vermont by Ken Woodhead, 12 feet high at center.kenwoodart.com
Assorted wood. Image originally found at “youhavebrokentheinternet.blogspot.com/2010/10/lets-buy-cabin-in-woods.html”
Round woodstack, Erlen-Kugeln, 2007 by Urs P. Twellmann:twellmann.ch
A felled tree. By Alastair Heseltine, Vancouver, BC.alastairheseltine.com
Woodpile with leaf in New Zealand. Stack wood bark side up, bark keeps water out of both living trees and dead. Photo : Lyn/Neale,acta.org.nz
A woodpile that will be hard to utilize.gowood.blogspot.com
Cordwood wall by expert Olle Hagman of Sweden.www.kubbhus.se
Cordwood wall with flowers. Via:LaBioguia
An addition to an ancient farmhouse utilizes a wood stack along the north wall.www.propellerz.at
Cordwood wall on north side of house, south wall is completely glass.www.propellerz.at
cordwood house
石溪营地,平头湖,蒙大拿州。Architect Anderrsson-Wise:www.anderssonwise.com
石溪营地,平头湖,蒙大拿州。Architect Anderrsson-Wise:www.anderssonwise.com
cordwood house
石溪营地,平头湖,蒙大拿州。风干的柴火干燥且无虫。架构师:www.anderssonwise.com
cordwood house
石溪营地,平头湖,蒙大拿州。左边是石墙,右边是木墙。www.stonecreekmontana.com架构师:www.anderssonwise.com
Cordwood Home of Armin Blasbichler. Cordwood and clocks are sandwiched between glass.www.arminblasbichler.com
箱和日志。木材在室外风干一年后,野生动物就搬出去了,潮湿也消失了。瑞典设计师圣保罗工作室。gowood.blogspot.com
议会设计办公室的木柴墙。weareparliament.com
Firewood alcove. Via:BobVila.com
Firewood holder by Olle Lundberg, California.www.lundbergdesign.com
Perfectly stacked firewood.lesliefineinteriors.com
The Cambrian Hotel by Peter Silling & Associates, Switerland.hotelinteriordesign.de
Firewood faced fireplace.www.villamiodula.pl
Cordwood in the bathroom. Must be stacked in clear resin.
blueforest.com
Birch wood panelled wall. How-to:marthastewart.com
Another similar wall here:marieclaireidees.com
Cordwood inan insect hotel.studiourbanarea.blogspot.com.
波兰倾斜覆盖的柴堆。www.kochamwies.pl
创建柴堆的家园。树皮一面朝上,用作屋顶瓦,防止雨水。不要忘记为主人的宠物建造房子!gowood.blogspot.com
Adding flowers to your woodpile is a nice touch.gowood.blogspot.com
Woodpile in Italy. The metal roof is a good idea. Lots more photos:www.casaetrend.it
Cordwood wall by cordwood expert Olle Hagman of Sweden.www.kubbhus.se
See moreCordwood Houses&Cordwood Construction.
Wood Heats Twice
“Wood heats twice” as you work up a sweat choping, spliting and stacking, and again when you burn it. Actually your wood will dry fastest exposed to direct sunlight, but in wet environments it is best to cover it.
How To Tell If Wood Is Dry
燃烧湿木(含水率30-50%)与燃烧干木(含水率15-20%)的效率损失约为30%。
- Dry wood is lighter in weight.
- Dry wood has cracks in its end grain.
- If you bang two pieces of dry wood together, the sound is hollow, whereas wet wood makes a dull thud.
- Firewood darkens with age, from white or cream to gray or yellow.
- The exposed face of a freshly split piece of seasoned wood feels warm and dry, but green wood feels cool and damp.
- Wet wood hisses and sizzles when burned and dry wood doesn’t.
Or buy awood moisture meter(around $25) to test your wood.
Wood Stacking Resources
- The Science of Stacking Firewood:motherearthnews.com
- The Best Firewood:motherearthnews.com
- BTUs per wood species:woodheat.org/firewood
- 如何建造霍尔兹·豪森。霍尔兹·豪森是一个圆形的木桩,用于在一个紧凑的空间里储存大量的柴火。It is also called a Beehive Wood Pile:youtube.com
- Interesting Design – Large Metal Firewood Stacker:leenders.nl
Duke Deweysays
I like,
I love
this wall of woodenness
beauty and warmth,
非常非常好。
David_Ssays
Inspiring creativity – both beauty and utility. But some wood boring pests are hard to detect, any easy and safe means to prevent (or remove) them from making home inside (or outside)?
Walter Jeffriessays
Lovely art in utility. My piles are much more utilitarian.
A trick is to harvest just dead trees, to leave trees standing and to cut trees and then live full log piles for a few years if you don’t have time to cut it all. We burn cull wood from our forest and tend to collect it in spurts every few years, leaving the logs to dry. They would dry faster cut and split but we don’t always have the time to do that during the warm seasons. If we have gathered logs when we can then we block and split as time allows at random times in the year, often during the winter. Frozen wood splits nicely. Wackity-wack.
Fortunately we only burn three quarters cord of wood a year to heat our tiny cottage so it’s easy to put up several years quickly just from dead wood.
Lucianasays
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John Alexandersays
As a child in the 50s we would cut up our firewood throughout the year. By summers end we would have a huge pile on the sunny side of our woodshed. Our dad would show us how to make designs as we stacked the wood in the shed. He would have loved these pictures.
sergiosays
Hello sergio from argentina, I would like to ask how they stick the stems, with that material, thank you…
Nicksays
You leave me enchanted by these wonderful woodpiles! Such beauty around us everyday.
-brentsays
Our wood pile/shed is utilitarian. Just finished our wood for the season. We use about 6 cords a year.
Solaris Dawaysays
有人见过树圈被用作栅栏吗?我很想看到用树做的篱笆桩的照片,最好是厚2英尺的。我认为雪松会更受欢迎,也许它们可以自己堆起来,或者它们可以吃一份牛排,用它们把它们固定住。我的想法是20英尺长的固定线路。否则,我的螺栓可以拧进他们,他们可以等待与钩。
Patricksays
Have the same question as Solaris by the way. Curious if anyone has done that.
Claudia williamssays
看看挪威的木材堆叠。I did it, it is fun and beautiful