Time drying wood heating

[Christophe]

"Before", beams were dried in rivers. result: The silica or calcite (limestone) took the place of sap, the wood weighed a dead donkey and it became rot-proof, unassailable by insects and fireproof! Wasn't life beautiful?

This is not drying it is a chemical treatment!

But the driftwood is generally darker, rot-proof ... but it is not so heavy ... Are we talking about the same thing or are we?

[GuyGadebois]

"Before", beams were dried in rivers. result: The silica or calcite (limestone) took the place of sap, the wood weighed a dead donkey and it became rot-proof, unassailable by insects and fireproof! Wasn't life beautiful?

Driftwood is generally darker, rot-proof ... but it is not so heavy ... Are we talking about the same thing or are we?

No. We are talking about a technique to make wood (oak, mainly) "almost eternal" by drying in the current of a river (almost fossilized, in short). I had beams "dried" by this technique *, you make two slices with your chainsaw, you have to re-sharpen it and I offered some to a carpenter friend who insulted me by phone because he had screwed up a cutting disc after 5 minutes "what is this wooden shit !!! ???". Afterwards, I saw some in ruins when I went to the mushrooms, the farmhouse had burned down but these beams were almost intact (except on the surface, blackened) and were not movable because of their weight.

* A friend dendrologist had offered me pieces of wood from Roman bridge beams and beams from lake residences on the shore of Lake Constance (over 2000 years old) which were intact thanks to this technique. I was making jewelry out of it and I screwed up a bunch of bocfil blades (the jewelers' saw) by cutting them out.

[Christophe]

Ah ... it's almost fossilized wood!

And how long did it take to "dry in the water" then?

[GuyGadebois]

Ah ... And how long did it take to "dry in the water" then?

No idea! Unfortunately, I did not have time to do randomized double-blind studies on this subject ...

[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

You will need to provide weighings - the moisture meter is very approximate, with uncertainties probably greater than the foreseeable deviations.

Ah ok I thought the instrument reliable ...

Okay, I’ll see for the weighings and take a diameter that doesn’t crush Ms.’s kitchen scale

With a log of one meter by thirty in diameter, the scales of Madame will not like, I feel!

That's for sure...

[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

Ah ... And how long did it take to "dry in the water" then?

No idea! Unfortunately, I did not have time to do randomized double-blind studies on this subject ...

Storage by immersion or watering is still practiced.

Type "FIBA fiba method of preserving logs" and you will arrive on a pdf.

But it was on TV a lot after the Lothar storm.

They kept the wood by watering it.

[Christophe]

What Madame doesn't like logs?

[Christophe]

They kept the wood by watering it.

It is true, now that you say it, it comes back to me: some sawmills from Vosges still watering logs (or did it)? But I have never seen sawn wood being watered!

But you shouldn't mix everything either: storage and drying is not the same!

I highly doubt that wood calcified by water will burn well!

If you have falls Guy can you give us a try ???

[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

But you shouldn't mix everything either: storage and drying is not the same!

Ah yes completely, I bounced on the exchange with Guy

[GuyGadebois]

I highly doubt that wood calcified by water will burn well!

As stated above, the wood becomes almost fireproof!