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You know what that new book says: you can tell what a man's like from the way he chops wood
Nice pile! Mind if I look - no, you carry on splitting while I look at it. Bark side down? Hmm. Not a criticism, just if you don't have a proper shelter-see, your top layers are damp. If we were in Norway, I'd be right with you, with the snow, but in Sydenham - shall I get my moisture meter? Well, if you start turning them now, it should be seasoned for next winter. You know to check for radial cracks?
All birch logs, are they? Hmm. I wouldn't, to be honest, not that it's not a great hardwood, just you don't get the length of burn you do with seasoned ash, oak when we can get it. I calculated we get through only one and a half a cubic feet a day, which at 175 pounds a tonne means we're still paying 125.14 pounds a year less than before - that's with no more than 21 trips a day to the pile and one and a half hours splitting logs. Not bad eh?
Well, mustn't keep you, looks like you're struggling there. You know what that new books says: you can tell what a man's like from the way he chops wood-amazing what you learn when you get a stove. Do you riddle? Controversial. What stove have you got? Just 4kw? With your logs, I'd keep an eye on the flue, for maximum draw. We imported this quite rare Norwegian appliance, 12km, my rule of thumb is approximately 1kw per 14 cubic meters - depends on the insulation, obviously. Yours must be amazing.
Anyway, you can always throw on another jumper, am I right? My wife says she;s never been so cold in her life. I used to tell her, so why don't you help with the bloody splitting once in a bloody while, but since she chopped her thumb off, forget it. OK, back to my pile. You know what the Finns say: wood warms you twice, once from cutting the wood and once from burning it. If anything, it can get too hot, what with the central heating, but at least we're doing our bit for the environment, right?