With that comment, I presume your house is totally fireproof only concrete stone and fireproofeverything !!
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Wood in the house
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Montanalocal
Minister of Fire
My wood is very dirty. The reasons for this are that I cut old beetle killed wood that is starting to deteriorate, and it sheds when placed into stacks. I have numerous years stockpiled, and it is piled together and is not covered except what I plan on burning for the coming season. So it is exposed to the leaves from the surrounding trees.
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All this makes for very dirty wood when pulled out of the old stacks. Look at the first picture. I am sure no one would want to take those splits directly into the house when replenishing the indoor weekly stack. I certainly do not. Therefore my whisking the splits off before taking them indoors. A very quick whisk and they are clean, as in the second picture. It only takes a second, and I consider it one of the most time efficient things I do when handling wood.
Sawset
Minister of Fire
No stoves allowed in wooden houses. Ceramic and concrete bunkers only. Chimnea roast your weinies. And smores.
Uhm.
There's lot's of wood in homes, in general. And reasons for codes and clearances.
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maple1
Minister of Fire
I put my entire winters wood in my basement (unfinished) every fall. Just did it 2 weekends ago. Used to be like 8 cords, now it's down to between 3 & 4 or so. Done that since the house was built 24 years ago. No issues. But it needs to go in dry.
On the dirty wood, some of mine also looks a bit like that. I have some of my stacks under 3 pine trees. By the time I stack it in the wheelbarrow, then take it out of that and stack it inside, it is clean, with no whisking required. Stuff mostly falls off outside when I take from the original stack, or if not then, into the wheelbarrow when I chuck it into that, or failing that into the wheelbarrow inside if there happens to still be some on it (rarely) and I give a quick brush with my gloved hand. Sometimes I will need to dump the crap out of the wheelbarrow after putting a bunch in.
On the dirty wood, some of mine also looks a bit like that. I have some of my stacks under 3 pine trees. By the time I stack it in the wheelbarrow, then take it out of that and stack it inside, it is clean, with no whisking required. Stuff mostly falls off outside when I take from the original stack, or if not then, into the wheelbarrow when I chuck it into that, or failing that into the wheelbarrow inside if there happens to still be some on it (rarely) and I give a quick brush with my gloved hand. Sometimes I will need to dump the crap out of the wheelbarrow after putting a bunch in.
