Having a fireplace in the home has long been popular. Preparing the wood to burn in those fireplaces is sometimes less popular. As the old saying goes, firewood can warm twice. It warms you up when you’re cutting and preparing the wood, and again when you burn it. To make […]
Wood Splitting Questions
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Whether it’s a late summer camping trip or a cold winter’s night staying at home, nothing beats a roaring fire. It brings light and a source to heat food when you’re out in the wilderness and allows you to heat your home in a quaint or even functional way. That […]
It looks like you find yourself in a rather tricky situation. You have logs that need to be split, but you have no axe to do the job. Perhaps you simply don’t own an axe. Then again, your axe may be broken beyond repair and you don’t have an opportunity […]
When you have land that needs to be cleared or you have a fireplace that requires regular cut timber you are probably use to the burden that is swinging an axe. Or you maybe currently using a saw to take down the trees and then swing the axe to cut […]
Splitting wood is an important part of making firewood. Large logs are too unwieldy to handle and to lay in a fireplace in a way that will burn efficiently. Different kinds of wood respond in different ways. Some woods will split more easily when they are dry and brittle such […]