How to choose firewood

For better combustion, it's preferable to use firewood with less than 20% humidity. It's best to buy it in advance and stack it in a dry and ventilated area, possibly not facing north. Note that buying wood during the summer doesn't guarantee that it will be dry.

How to recognize damp firewood:
- It's quite heavy
- It has few splits
- The bark doesn't come off
- Sometimes it has mushrooms or molds

Burning wet firewood : – makes smoke – pollutes – creates debris that settles in the chimney – produces less heat – you’ll spend more buying moist wood – harder to light the fire

How to recognize dry firewood:
- It very often has wide cracks
- The bark tends to come off
- The combustion of dry firewood reduces wood consumption and minimizes smoke

To recognize if the wood is dry or moist, you can also throw a piece on the ground. If the sound of the impact is dull, it means it's damp wood.

Firewood types such as ash, oak, and beech are preferred because they have a good calorific value.

Tips
- Buy the wood the previous year and use it the next.
- Stack your dry wood in a ventilated and covered place.
- Buy a moisture meter for assessing the quality of the wood.
- The wood that you buy is almost always too wet! It must be purchased in advance.
- For short-term use, we recommend pellets.

Optimal wood size: length 30-40cm (11.82 – 15.76 inch), diameter lower than 3-7cm (1.18 – 2.76 inch), or pellets for pizzerias.

Materials NOT to Use
Avoid softwoods like pine, damp wood, cardboard, treated wood, painted wood, lacquered wood, and plastic materials.

Note: Buying wood in the summer does not mean you are buying dry wood.

How to choose firewood .. recognize the dry wood from the noise/sound..the sound of the nature

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