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in september i am going to start cutting down a bunch of trees on our land for use in our timber frame home,talking about 100-150 trees totatl
we will start building in the next year, ,so it will age for about 8-9 months is this going to be enough time for the wood to "cure", it will be in an open shed,
( no walls just a roof)to keep direct rain off it , and stacked off the ground,
i know in Wis. they reccomend aging wood for burning at least a year.... but this is arkansas. they will be in an open mostly sunny area.. so they will sort of "bake dry" the shed has a steel roof on it ...
mostly oak and cedar logs, between 6x6 and 8x8, with some as large as 10x10
the next question is , should i peel them , or leave them alone, and cut them to size when we are ready to use them, i know there will be shrinkage, just wondering if i should cut them within like an 1 1/2 o thier final size, or leave them large
in september i am going to start cutting down a bunch of trees on our land for use in our timber frame home,talking about 100-150 trees totatl
we will start building in the next year, ,so it will age for about 8-9 months is this going to be enough time for the wood to "cure", it will be in an open shed,
( no walls just a roof)to keep direct rain off it , and stacked off the ground,
i know in Wis. they reccomend aging wood for burning at least a year.... but this is arkansas. they will be in an open mostly sunny area.. so they will sort of "bake dry" the shed has a steel roof on it ...
mostly oak and cedar logs, between 6x6 and 8x8, with some as large as 10x10
the next question is , should i peel them , or leave them alone, and cut them to size when we are ready to use them, i know there will be shrinkage, just wondering if i should cut them within like an 1 1/2 o thier final size, or leave them large