Moisture

[Seasoned Oak]

Thanks for the advice just found out the deer camp has about a cord of last years ash left and since it's a open fireplace im going to swamp some out and i have been collecting scraps of building sites were my stepdad builds houses..and how would old oak hardwood floors burn in a non cat i just tore out alot of floors

Your pretty safe with lathe boards, wall studs and floor joists from demolition jobs. Anything that was exposed flooring most likely has some kind of varnish on it.

 

[Trey1979]

I thought it was Ash?
I think Red Oak may dry slower than White Oak. 1.5 yrs. may be pushing it but I would check several splits, for sure.

Yea it turned out to be white oak but its 24%

 

[Trey1979]

Finally burning since the sweeping

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

Finally burning since the sweeping

Assuming I saw a wood floor, you might want to consider some floor protection.

 

[Trey1979]

Assuming I saw a wood floor, you might want to consider some floor protection.

Its ceramic tile

 

[sw18x]

From what I'm reading about the solar kiln deal and since you're in the south with warmer winter Temps, why not wrap half your wood now in clear plastic and vent it, by January it should be significantly better than what you got now

 

[Seasoned Oak]

Its ceramic tile

That new wood look ceramic is hard to detect. I installed some in one of our bathrooms a few yrs ago and it holds up great and looks fantastic. About to put some under my wood stove as well.

 

[Trey1979]

That new wood look ceramic is hard to detect. I installed some in one of our bathrooms a few yrs ago and it holds up great and looks fantastic. About to put some under my wood stove as well.

Yea i like the look

 

[Trey1979]

From what I'm reading about the solar kiln deal and since you're in the south with warmer winter Temps, why not wrap half your wood now in clear plastic and vent it, by January it should be significantly better than what you got now

Do you wrap it tight

 

[K-Mac]

nice floor...would have never guessed it wasnt wood!

interesting idea on the solar kiln. google search turned up some nice looking ideas but more cost then id want. wondering if it would make more sense to use clear sheet plastic instead of throwing a tarp over my wood. anyone have pictures of what they have done? have some very green wood i split this fall that id love to jump start the drying process on

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

nice floor...would have never guessed it wasnt wood!

interesting idea on the solar kiln. google search turned up some nice looking ideas but more cost then id want. wondering if it would make more sense to use clear sheet plastic instead of throwing a tarp over my wood. anyone have pictures of what they have done? have some very green wood i split this fall that id love to jump start the drying process on

Search for solar kiln in the search field on this page. Or look at the link in the signature of @Woodsplitter67

 

[K-Mac]

thanks for the info. have brought up his pages and looking over the threads.