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Karen

11. 10月 2026

Splitting and Seasoning Firewood

Freshly cut wood can be up to half water by weight, and a fire burning it spends its heat boiling that water off, with smoke and tar in the chimney. Firewood is ready below 20 % moisture. Splitting opens the wood so it dries, and a stack in sun and wind does the rest: softwoods take about 6 to 12 months, hardwoods such as oak and beech 12 to 24. Test a freshly split face with a moisture meter, never the weathered outside.

初心者

1 day of work, 6–24 months drying

手順

Saw to length

Measure your firebox and saw the logs into rounds about 5 cm shorter than it. Keep one wide, flat round as a chopping block.

このステップの材料:

広葉樹の丸太（ナラ、カエデ、ブナ）500 kg

必要な工具:

二人挽き横挽きのこぎり

メジャー（巻尺）

Split on the block

Stand a round on the block, bark side out of any crack. Feet apart, swing the splitting axe down into the crack or across the centre. Split rounds into pieces about 8–15 cm across.

必要な工具:

薪割り斧

保護めがね

先芯入り安全靴

革の作業用手袋

Wedge the stubborn ones

For knotty rounds, tap a steel wedge into a crack and drive it with the sledgehammer; add a second wedge along the crack if the first sticks.

必要な工具:

鋼製くさびセット

大ハンマー

保護めがね

Stack off the ground

Lay pallets in a sunny, windy spot. Stack the splits in single rows with gaps between them, ends criss-crossed at each end of the row to hold it up.

必要な工具:

木製パレット

Cover the top only

Lay a tarp over the top of the stack and weigh it down; leave the sides open so the wind can carry the moisture away.

必要な工具:

ターポリン

Test before you burn

After 6 months for softwood or 12 for hardwood, split a piece from the middle of the stack and push the meter's pins into the fresh face. Below 20 % it is ready; if not, test again in a month.

必要な工具: