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Venting condensation from tarped bulk pile

Started by jbos333, September 01, 2020, 06:56:27 AM

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jbos333

Hello, 
Just wondering if anyone had any feasible ventilation tricks for a tarped bulk firewood pile. Pile is approx 24ftx16ftx10ft high as it comes off conveyor. I like to keep it covered but then the moisture will condense on the inside of the tarp and things will stay moist. I do have wire baskets on 2 sides of the pile to try and let some air in but trying to figure out how to vent it up on top.
Thanks, 
Jay

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doc henderson

make corner poles and make it like a tent or awning so air can move through, and same temp top and bottom.  or make a tunnel and put a big fan at one end.  or uncover when the weather is nice and sunny, and cover at night and during rain. or put ropes at the corners, raise it up during the day with corner poles, and lower at night and during rain.
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mike_belben

Get a pair of 5 gallon buckets.  

Cut the bottoms off with a sawzall so you are left with two tapered sidewalls that can slide inside each other.  

Pull back your tarp and climb to the top.  Stand your first bucket up in the center of the pile upside down.  Carefully pull the tarp back over it while keeping it oriented vertical like a smoke stack.  

Now slide the second bucket over the tarped first bucket.  Shoot 3 wood screws into them from around the perimeter so they become one.  


You now have made a big thimble.  Cut the fabric out of the center of the chimney with your pocket knife.  

You can lay it over to keep the rain out or if u think itll stay, fold a piece of flashing over the top and shoot a screw into each side to make a rain cap.  


Make sure the tarp bottom does not touch the ground.  When the sun heats the pile, hot air will rise up out of the chimney and draw dry air in from the bottom, creating a flow like a teepee or eave intake and ridge vent exhaust.

Try not to break your neck or drop your pocket knife into the pile.
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cutterboy

Those are some pretty good ideas. The simplest thing of all is to take the tarp off and leave it off. Condensation from under the tarp will do far more damage than rain water. Wood will  dry left out in the open under the sun and rain if the air can get to it.
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