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[John_Mc]

My Dad likes burning ash. It sure splits nicely and has heat about like red oak or sugar maple if I remember right.
We have the emerald ash borer by me here in NY.

Ash is a bit below Red Oak and a bit above Red Maple. It's significantly below Sugar Maple. The big firewood value in Ash is that has lower moisture content even when it's alive, and it splits very easily.

 

[chas0218]

Don't you have air-conditioning:laughing::laughing::laughing:??

Haha nope never will, but the 2nd story above the stove feels like heated floors!

The big firewood value in Ash is that has lower moisture content even when it's alive, and it splits very easily.

Most definitely, I can dry Ash down to 20% or less in 3 months sometimes only 2 months. To me it is the best burning wood around maybe not quite as many BTUs as Hickory or Hard Maple but the ability to dry quickly makes it my go to.

 

[hunt4570]

Haha nope never will, but the 2nd story above the stove feels like heated floors!

You have something against Air conditioning?? I could not live in a house without!!

You need heat in the dead of winter, and Air conditioning the rest of the year!!

 

[/pine]

You have something against Air conditioning?? I could not live in a house without!!

You need heat in the dead of winter, and Air conditioning the rest of the year!!

In the winter time we have air conditioning...in the summer we have fans...got to love the fresh mountain air...!

 

[fruitcakesa]

You have something against Air conditioning?? I could not live in a house without!!

You need heat in the dead of winter, and Air conditioning the rest of the year!!

Maybe south of the Mason Dixon but up here, most of the summer AC would be an extravagance at least in my house , log with stone floors, stays naturally cool

 

[hunt4570]

In the winter time we have air conditioning...in the summer we have fans...got to love the fresh mountain air...!

Yeah, when we (unfortunately) moved to colorado , everyone said "oh you don't need air-conditioning in the mountains" What a freakin joke.. cost me 10 grand to add central air to that house the first summer we were there!!

 

[hunt4570]

Maybe south of the Mason Dixon but up here, most of the summer AC would be an extravagance at least in my house , log with stone floors, stays naturally cool

Does it ever get above 70 there?? If so I'd need air-conditioning!!

 

[LD48750]

Does it ever get above 70 there?? If so I'd need air-conditioning!!

Who are you trying to kid, at 70 degrees you have the heat on.

 

[hunt4570]

Who are you trying to kid, at 70 degrees you have the heat on.

Not a chance!! At 71* I'm sweating like a pig!!

Used to keep the air turned down to 65 at night, got too expensive so I bumped it up to 68.

 

[Jstpssng]

That's one thing which is nice up here. No matter how hot it gets during the day, there are only a few nights every year when it doesn't get down to a comfortable level.
I have a fan which I turn on, blowing air out when the sun hits the trees; it creates a nice breeze through my living area. I might be sweltering but my dog also has his own little 12" fan blowing air across him anytime he's inside... sometimes I wonder if I spoil him.