How To Select Your Firewood
Not all firewood is created equal. If you have ever tried burning wood that is too green; too long for your fireplace or wood stove; or too full of bugs, detritus, or sap, you know this already!
Know the length you what your pieces of firewood to be before cutting or purchasing firewood for either your fireplace or wood stove. For a fireplace, consider the lenght of your grate. If your wood is to short, you will be carrying in load after load of firewood, but pieces too large are even worse.
Properly seasoned firewood eliminates the smoke associated with green wood as well as much of the bugs and detritus that you don't want brought into your home. But not everyone agrees what the term "properly seasoned" means. What you are really looking for is firewood that has been in a sunny location so it dried out, ideally dried for about a year.
Tip: When your looking for seasoned firewood the firewood should be a light gray, Not a bright white if the firewood is white then its NOT Seasoned Firewood
Your firewood, both as it seasons and as it awaits use outside your house, should be kept off the ground. Wooden rails can be used for this, but sometimes termites use those rails as conduits to your firewood. Many destructive and expensive termite infestations start under stacked firewood and then invade homes. So metal racks are good investments because they keep your firewood off the ground. In addition, they assure that any firewood by your home does not lean against an exterior wall of your house.
When firewood has been allowed to season properly, much of the loose bark, which harbors both live and dead bugs as well as dust, has already fallen off. That means, when you bring it into your home for your fireplace or wood stove, you're not going to find as much loose detritus or as many unwelcome bugs.
Firewood from pine and spruce pine trees, even after properly seasoning, still has sap that gets on your hands and clothes as your manage your firewood. Some people just use fireplace glove as protection and don't mind the sap. Even worse, as the sap burns it deposits a thick crust in your chimney that can harbor a chimney fire, or gradually reduce the draft of your fireplace.
How Much Firewood Do You Need ?
When Should You Get It ?
How Much?
There's no surefire way to figure out how much firewood you will need for a year, but there are some guidelines for estimating. In 1998, Vermont homeowners who heat primarily with wood burned almost 5 cords; those who burned wood as a supplement to other home heating systems used just over 2 cords; and those who burned firewood only for pleasure used less than half a cord.
Our Cord Of Wood?
1 Cord of Firewood is 4 Feet High, 16 Feet Long. Each piece of firewood are 16 to 18 inches long. Our firewood is a mixture of hardwood like Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Cherry, Apple, etc. For a good look at our cord of wood see pictures on right.
When to buy or gather
Firewood needs at least 6 months to season, so early spring is a great time to buy or gather your wood. Any insects living under the bark are dormant and likely to die before fall. Prices are generally down and supplies are good. Try to buy only what you will use in a year. You can carry over some wood into a second year, but it may give off more smoke than recently seasoned wood and it is more likely to harbor insects.
So, if you just use your fireplace for romance and relaxation, buy a half cord of firewood each spring and let it season until fall. If you supplement a heating system with a wood stove or fireplace insert, buy two cords. If you heat exclusively with firewood, you'll need about to cords, Depending on the severity of each winter.
Pricing For 2012
Tip: When your looking for seasoned firewood the firewood should be a light gray, Not a bright white if the firewood is white then its NOT Seasoned Firewood
Delivery charges go by zip code. All Delivery are dumped. Stacking is an extra charge. All Prices are plus Sales Tax. Please call for more information.
1/2 cord of Seasoned Firewood $ 90.00 plus Delivery
1 cord of Seasoned Firewood $175.00 plus Delivery
If you don't want it delivered or want to see the firewood before you buy it you can stop by our location at 3903 Westerville Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43224 Pick up prices start at $ 50.00. (No Pick-Up We are Moving to a New location)
Mon thru Fri. 9am to 5pm
Sat. Call for time open
Sun. Call for time open
At A Zettler Hardware Near You
Bundels of Schmitt Tree Experts seasoned firewood are being sold at Zettler Hardward Store's
Locations:
2150 Innis Rd Columbus, Ohio 43224
4518 Kenny Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43220
1400 Harrisburg Pike Columbus, Ohio 43235
4102 W. Powell Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43065
