Green Wood vs Seasoned Wood Firewood Smoke Test | Full Service Chimney

Nobody wants a smoky house when they light a fire, but we also don’t want to waste our whole evening just trying to get the fire started! A fireplace is meant to be warm and cozy. The problem many homeowners run into is wood that doesn’t light quickly, won’t light at all, or worse end up with a smoke-filled room, (with all the fans on and windows open). That’s not fun! In this video Chimney Sweep Bob adds kindling and tests two indoor fireplace fires to see which type of wood burns better.
On the left side, the stack of firewood logs is green logs a.k.a. wet wood. This green wood has not yet been properly seasoned. On the right side, you’ll see a stack of firewood that went through the proper wood seasoning process.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
" How much you enjoy your wood-burning fireplace or wood stove is influenced by the quality of the firewood burned inside it. Firewood that is easy to start, produces minimal creosote, and odor is considered seasoned.
Firewood is considered seasoned if, after it was cut down, each cut log was split, stored out of the weather, and allowed to dry to a moisture content between 20-25 percent. This process takes about 6 to 12 months and occurs naturally with exposure to the sun and wind.
Here we see two similar size stacks of firewood to burn in our fireplace. The firewood on the right has seasoned for approximately 12 months. The firewood on the left is green, that is, it has had less than a month to dry. This means that different than our seasoned wood, the green firewood on the left has 45-50% moisture content.
Before firewood will catch fire, it must be dry enough for ignition. If it is green, the kindling has to heat the wood up and dry it out. Only then can the process of pyrolysis and charcoaling can occur, finally then the log can catch and contribute to the fire. "
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[@blackvelvetchimney]

Finally a video I could offer my customers to show them the difference between Greenwood and truly season wood. Thank you for taking the time to do a good job on this demonstration. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@FSCsweep]

Thank you so much! We appreciate you watching and taking a moment to share :) Happy Holidays

[@securion100]

Good video! As we all can see the left pile produced way less smoke. Make sure you leave your wood under water for at least three weeks before lighting up those fires folks!

[@jimmyrecard6021]

lol

[@bman6065]

I piss on it in the stove during start up

[@rosswoolley2854]

Well that just proves the unseasoned is better, Cause it lasted longer. Now to get that extra blanket, I'm feeling a bit cold!

[@tabbycat6458]

That's awesome ty

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Great experiment. Thanks for sharing!

[@markg.2501]

Couldn't ask for a better side by side comparison👍

[@FSCsweep]

Thank you Mark G. appreciate it :)

[@mikeparker5008]

20% and above is common as soon as you split it, wood that was cut about 4 mos ago. It'll burn, but it's still considered green. "Seasoned" (legally here in Maine) really means 1 year of drying after being split and stacked. Common MC (moisture content) for that is about 11%. Best you'll get if you cut wood in spring, split/stack/air dry and check it in October is about 17% or so, and that's GOOD. The next year, it'll be 'seasoned' to that 11 or 12 percent. Irrelevant...anything under 20% is fine to burn if you know what you're doing. But in my state, if you sell wood as 'seasoned', you BETTER be able to back it up; serious business around here, LOL. Maine out.

[@DJ-vt5es]

Wishful in Missouri as i've yet to find seasoned wood in the two seasons i've lived here !

[@bman6065]

Here in Tennessee by legal definition. If the wood grain is cracked and it's noticably lighter than it was, it's seasoned. Our leaders are very anecdotal 🤣🤠

[@marcleclair2261]

Very nice video !

[@FSCsweep]

Thank you!

[@panama-canada]

Good example.

[@pisquared1366]

45-50% moisture?? was this submerged in water? I get my green red oak, just split to measure 27-30% moisture in New England. I season all my firewood to 10-15%, anything approaching 20%, even more so 25% is green in my books. Good video though in driving home the point

[@user-lq1dk6gr3p]

Awesome

[@BoeingAviation737.]

I have the same heatilator fireplace

[@tjinnes]

Nice top down lighting.

[@FSCsweep]

Thanks! it's our favorite method to light fires :)

[@mikedee8876]

a moisture meter would have been a nice addition to this video......I have been using one for a couple years now, and the greenest wood that I have split has never been more than 35% . Ash that was dropped after the sap runs down in the fall never seems to be more than 27% on splitting. 40 and 50% would blow my mind...good test of what everybody who burns wood has already learned the hard way.

[@FSCsweep]

That's a great idea! Another video with a moisture meter might be in the future!

[@joedirt9600]

If you lite the fire property the green pile would have burned..not sure what fancy lighting cube you used but you can heat your home with green wood.

[@matthewwheaton5835]

Yep

[@FSCsweep]

No lighting cubes here!🤭Burning green wood is NOT recommended for many reasons. Burning green wood becomes hazardous indoors, as it requires more fuel, more heat... and bigger fires that create more smoke than you want... all of these things create more creosote that solidifies in the chimneys flue; which is a fire hazard, and can even create opportunity for Carbon Monoxide problems to start. Furthermore, guess what happens later if you're lucky 🍀and nothing too bad happens? It will eventually cost the homeowners more to fix the property damage caused by unnecessarily poor burning practices. 💲💲💲 *STAY SAFE and SAVE money by burning the good seasoned wood!

[@joedirt9600]

@@FSCsweep didn't say green wood was the best for heating, but it can be used. I remember one fall brother and I returned to the farm after being away a spell. No dry wood but we cut and burned green wood the way our father showed us if need be. Ya have to run a rod through the chimney more often, but you can heat with green wood. Brother and I are living testament, put the long Canadian winter in no problem.

[@FSCsweep]

@@joedirt9600 that's true and certainly a great thing your father showed you how to clean the chimney more often... Thanks Dad! 👏It's necessary for sure.

[@MVPDabba]

You can burn green wood in doors. You can also operate a vehicle after a few drinks. Both are within physical capability, but bad ideas due to unnecessary increase in hazards

[@koenvo6519]

Well, the left pile produced way less smoke! 😊

[@crl998604]

The heat from the hot fire on the right pulled all the smoke from the left fire up its draft LOL.

[@seantokash1655]

Lol

[@kenweis7913]

I've had oak season in 3 months if it was laid out in the hot sun and the pieces were 14 inch and no bigger than 4 inch also the rounds were 2 years old

[@brettharnisch6952]

Didn’t look to me like the “dry” pile burned that great either.

[@safffff1000]

Do the same test between 20% dry and 10% dry

[@kandimegahan7844]

Thanks. Make sure everyone can benefit by including closed captions. 🤟 #CaptionsNow #ASL

[@mcdouche2]

Bug off. KZbin content creators don’t have to service you. Jesus what a narcissist you must be.

[@dangerdavefreestyle]

unseasoned wood is an unbelievable pain in the ass and unfortunately i have bought wood from too many vendors who did me dirty. the only right way to do it is to do it yourself, and this requires getting the logsplitter, building the structure to keep the wood, and having property to do it with, and then all the chainsaws and stuff that comes with it.

[@raystroud8342]

Don't forget about time

[@mikeparker5008]

All you need is space to cut and split, and pallets (free)...stack, cover with strips of poly sheeting, and pick your rain-free time to bring it in. We do this as a matter of life in Maine every year. It's not hard after you set up to do it.

[@derrickdesaulnier9875]

Joe's premium mushroom wood vs properly seasoned wood.

[@paulherring4230]

Pam loves u

[@Timberland-Farms]

😂

[@andrewsander5971]

Haha that’s hilarious I started watching his videos and I love reading the comments for the haters

[@shofarsogood7504]

Hey as long as the price is reflected lol. Not usually.

[@seantokash1655]

Lmao

[@seantokash1655]

Why didn’t we light from the bottom?

[@FSCsweep]

Thanks for watching, this is an "upside down fire". Visit this blog post to learn 3 different methods to building and lighting a fireplace fire fullservicechimney.com/upside-down-fire/

[@tcap7917]

a better demonstration would be to have a nice hot bed of wood coals and put some green and seasoned on and see the difference. Also a mic at each pile. Green wood makes a lot of hissing at the ends when the steam is being boiled out.

[@matthewwheaton5835]

Bingo. When you have a good bed of coals, it'll burn just fine. Might not be as efficient, and you might have some creosote, but sometimes we have to burn fresh split if you run out. Just be smart and clean your chimney every year. And c'mon, even a caveman knows if you're trying to start green wood you'd light from the bottom.

[@FSCsweep]

Please DO NOT burn coals indoors. For the safety of anyone reading these comments, coal produces carbon monoxide which is fatal. ☠️ If you have a wood-burning fireplace then you should only burn seasoned wood.

[@DJ-vt5es]

Green'l burn.... thus masive fire damage to well watered areas as well as drought ! Intermix seasoned kindling 1:2 or 1:3 in your stove and inspect regularly . Cleen sweep 4 times or more a year. No iron brushes in SS flues ! Seek out a professional sweep if needed. Aggressively look off season with a moisture guage .

[@Anthony_Spilotro]

I like burning wet unseasoned wood to preserve my wood pile . Burning far less wood that way.

[@TiCail50]

This wasn't a smoke test. It was more of a burn test lol. Can't judge the smoke level on wood that isn't burning. Should've tried at least

[@gonzaloperianes6689]

That' s the point, the left pile of green wood was not burning at all, aparently...

[@TiCail50]

Yes, of course it's going to be a lot harder to start and burn like crap, but to see the smoke coming from it would've been a more interesting side by side

[@FSCsweep]

@@TiCail50 yes, it would be interesting to see that comparison! Honestly we may have gotten more smoke if the green wood fire was by itself rather than having both of them in the same fireplace side by side... as someone else mentioned in the comments, it's likely the draft from the good dry pile was assisting the smoke from the wet wood.

[@unknownuser2737]

The Mayans burn green wood to make plaster from Limestone green wood burns hotter than dry. It's impossible to dry wood in the jungle

[@FSCsweep]

Very interesting!

[@Jemalacane0]

Green wood does not burn hotter than dry. Coal burns hotter than wood and it has little if any moisture. Compare a wood fire to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHSQXnynqsuUr5o

[@eoghanmacdonald7265]

This dude sounds like if Steve-O ate Siri😭💀

[@david-m-creations799]

Reusable wood on the left-side.

[@FSCsweep]

we don't use "reusable wood"...only REAL wood here🤭

[@billbertagnoli4226]

Should have been a boy scout. Fires are started from the bottom. That way the draw created in the Flue engages all the wood from Bottom to top. This was pretty Lame.

[@FSCsweep]

Thanks for watching, this is an "upside down fire". Visit this blog post to learn 3 different methods to building and lighting a fireplace fire fullservicechimney.com/upside-down-fire/

[@Johnrider1234]

Gee. This videos. Does no one know anything any more. Dry firewood. Go figure. Duhhhhhhhhh

[@FSCsweep]

LOL you'd be surprised my friend! Thanks for watching.

[@joshuawray5917]

might help if you get both piles to catch. pointless video. i can see if they were both on fire the whole time and yes its possible. i know because i burn green wood in my outdoor boiler