For many people they are fortunate enough to have a firewood shed or other covered structure to store their firewood under. But for many, we have to store it outdoors under a tarp. Storing wood under this kind of cover will keep your wood plenty dry, but only if you do it the right way.
When covering wood I see a lot of people make this one very common mistake. They will get wood that is not dry and immediately cover the whole pile or stack with a tarp. There are a couple problems with this. If wood is already wet, there is not much use covering it unless it is going to be a an extended stretch of wet weather.
The biggest thing they do wrong is cover the whole pile. Wood needs to be able to get air flow in order for it to dry. A tarp covering a whole pile will only seal the moisture in. The moisture that does evaporate will condense on the inside of the tarp and rain down on the wood, ensuring that it will stay wet. What you will often end up with under the tarp is a wet moldy mess.
If your wood is wet it is best to leave it exposed to the wind and sun until it dries. Once it is dry, cover the pile but do not wrap it all the way to the ground. The top should be covered but not the sides, the sides should be open to the air so it can get air flow.
Simply avoiding this mistake can mean the difference between being warm all winter or being cold while struggling to burn wood that is wet.
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