Trouble with creosote dripping

[maple1]

We don't know much about the flue situation either.

This Internet Advise stuff is hard work - raises all 'round, hoy!

 

[red oak]

red oak, I follow what you are saying, and you have been more than helpful, thanks! I am always up for something new to try and master. By this time next year I will be giving advise on this forum. LOL. I hope! By the way, what exactly is a cord of wood? 1/2 pickup load? 1 pickup load? 1 1/4, 1 1/2, ect. Dang rednecks and there pickups.lol

I tell ya, until I joined this forum I didn't know all that I didn't know. You gotta find what works best for you, just check that chimney and keep track of your burning habits and you'll find out what works. As for the truck loads, a full size 8 foot bed if loaded up pretty good can hold 1/2 a cord. I have a 6 foot bed so I figure 1/4 cord, unless I load it up really good, then maybe 1/3. Don't count it as a cord unless it comes in a dump truck, and even then you should measure!

 

[Hogwildz]

Unless you split oak into 2" x 2" pcs, which is useless except to start fires and top off a full load, I have yet to see any oak I ever had dry and ready to burn in 1 yr. Soso in 2 years, primo in 3.

 

[oldspark]

Unless you split oak into 2" x 2" pcs, which is useless except to start fires and top off a full load, I have yet to see any oak I ever had dry and ready to burn in 1 yr. Soso in 2 years, primo in 3.

Actually 2X2 Oak pieces aint all bad for a really hot fire.
I have some 18 month (two full summers) Oak and some 5 year old stuff and they are the same moisture content, not sure I gain much drying after two full summers.
At that point in time the last few % take forever so maybe one more year does help a little.