To get back to the practical effects of the legislation, I'm wondering how it will affect me. I buy unprocessed logs from a local farmer – he charges me £30 for as much as I can cram into my estate, which I reckon is 400 to 500 kg. So less than a cubic meter based on a density of 600-800 kg/m^3 for hardwood. This come from a massive pile in his yard. He reckons it take about two years for green wood to get bulldozed from the input to the output end. It is a big pile!
When I get it home the superficial moisture content (measured by one of those resistance meter things) can be as high as 35%, but after processing and storing indoors for a few weeks it's down to 20-22% and burns nicely.
How is this going to be policed? If I have to buy kiln-dried and processed with certified water content it'll be too expensive – and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Round here some folk have the space to store enough to season under cover for a year or more.
Robin
Edited By Robin Graham on 01/03/2020 01:30:14